Mesoamerican Architecture as Cultural Symbol

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11073207
AutoresPatricia A Urban, Patricia Urban (0000-0002-2865-778X, autor de correspondencia), Jeff Karl Kowalski
Año2000
Volumen27
Número4
Páginas489
Fecha de publicación2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Field Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0093-4690 • E-ISSN: 2042-4582
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3092728
OpenAlexW1975450279
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas40

In this collection, scholars provide interpretations and syntheses of many of the most significant Mesoamerican architectural traditions from the Preclassic to the Postclassic periods. The essays examine the built environment as a carrier of cultural meanings. The many pyramid-temples, palaces, and ballcourts comprising Mesoamerican centres were constructed in the context of hierarchical societies, and provided monumental expressions of elite authority. The design of individual buildings, as well as the layout of site plans, often embodied Mesoamerican beliefs about the structure of the cosmos, natural forces, or the numinous power of lanscape forms, thus providing sanction for the sociopolitcal order. This book is intended for architectural historians, archaeologists, students of Mesoamerican art and architecture

Archaeology · Geography · Linguistics · Symbol (formal · Architecture · Historical and Architectural Studies · History · Philosophy