Mesoamerican Architecture as Cultural Symbol
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11073207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia A Urban, Patricia Urban (0000-0002-2865-778X, corresponding author), Jeff Karl Kowalski |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 489 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Field Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-4690 • E-ISSN: 2042-4582 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3092728 |
| OpenAlex | W1975450279 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
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
Art of the Classic Period
Cities and Urbanism in Prehispanic Mesoamerica
Human Sacrifice at Tula
Kax and kol
A Dual-Processual Perspective on the Power and Inequality in the Contemporary United States
Skeletons, Skulls, and Bones in the Art of Chichén Itzá
Palaces and Power in the Americas
Classic Maya mirror conjurors of Waka', Guatemala
The Exemplary Center of the Late Postclassic Kowoj Maya
Held Captive by Script
Shifting Strategies of Political Authority in the Middle through Terminal Formative Polity of Chiapa De Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico
Did the Maya Build Architectural Cosmograms
Lord 8 Deer "Jaguar Claw" and the Land of the Sky
The architect’s signature
The Archaeological Study of Empires and Imperialism in Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico
The Serpent Within
Growth and Decline in Classic Maya Puuc Political Economies
Selective Memory
Living Together in Río Bec Houses
Serpents, Skeletons, and Ancestors
Continuities in Maya Political Rhetoric
Agency, Alterity, Appropriation
After 40 Years
The Sacred Mountain in Social Context. Symbolism and History in Maya Architecture
Beyond Formal Environmentalism
Contagion and Alterity
Creating Memory and Negotiating Power in the Olmec Heartland
The Archaeology of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
Current Research on the Gulf Coast of Mexico
New World States and Empires
A History of Cacao in West Mexico
Distributed Urban Networks in the Gulf Lowlands of Veracruz
Recent Research in Western Mexican Archaeology
Why the Head? Cranial Modification as Protection and Ensoulment Among the Maya
Heads, Skulls, and Sacred Scaffolds. New Studies on Ritual Body Processing and Display in Chichen Itza and Beyond
Negotiation of Inalienability and Meanings at the Classic Maya Center of Aguateca, Guatemala
Nationalist archaeology and foreign oil exploration in El Tajín, Mexico, 1935–1940
Ritual and Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture
El mito del diluvio en las ceremonias de entronización de los gobernantes mayas. Agentes responsables de la decapitación del saurio y nuevas fundaciones
Heritage Trekking
| Unique citing works | 40 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |