Maya Palaces and Elite Residences: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Editat de Jessica Joyce Christieen Limba Engleză Paperback – iun 2003
This book brings together state-of-the-art data and analysis regarding the occupants, ritual and residential uses, and social and cosmological meanings of Maya palaces and elite residences. A multidisciplinary team of senior researchers reports on sites in Belize (Blue Creek), Western Honduras (Copan), the Peten (Tikal, Dos Pilas, Aguateca), and the Yucatan (Uxmal, Chichen-Itza, Dzibilchaltun, Yaxuna). Archaeologist contributors discuss the form of palace buildings and associated artifacts, their location within the city, and how some palaces related to landscape features. Their approach is complemented by art historical analyses of architectural sculpture, epigraphy, and ethnography. Jessica Joyce Christie concludes the volume by identifying patterns and commonalties that apply not only to the cited examples, but also to Maya architecture in general.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292725980
ISBN-10: 0292725981
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 91 b&w illus., 6 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
ISBN-10: 0292725981
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 91 b&w illus., 6 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Notă biografică
Jessica Joyce Christie is Associate Professor of Art History in the School of Art at East Carolina University.
Cuprins
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Elite Residences at Blue Creek, Belize (Thomas H. Guderjan, Robert J. Lichtenstein, and C. Colleen Hanratty)
- 2. At Court in Copan: Palace Groups of the Early Classic (Loa P. Traxler)
- 3. A Multipurpose Structure in the Late Classic Palace at Copan (E. Wyllys Andrews V, Jodi L. Johnson, William F. Doonan, Gloria E. Everson, Kathryn E. Sampeck, and Harold E. Starratt)
- 4. Palaces of the Royal Court at Tikal (Peter D'Arcy Harrison)
- 5. The Political Acquisition of Sacred Geography: The Murciélagos Complex at Dos Pilas (Arthur Demarest, Kim Morgan, Claudia Wolley, and Héctor Escobedo)
- 6. Where Did Elites Live? Identifying Elite Residences at Aguateca, Guatemala (Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan)
- 7. Access Patterns in Maya Royal Precincts (Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo)
- 8. Evidence for the Functions and Meanings of Some Northern Maya Palaces (Jeff Karl Kowalski)
- 9. The Function of a Maya Palace at Yaxuna: A Contextual Approach (James N. Ambrosino)
- 10. Palace and Society in the Northern Maya Lowlands (Edward B. Kurjack)
- 11. The Tripartite Layout of Rooms in Maya Elite Residences: Symbolic Centering, Ritual Mediating, and Historical Governing (Jessica Joyce Christie)
- 12. Conclusions (Jessica Joyce Christie)
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
Recenzii
The volume provides insightful discussions and basic data on Maya palaces that will be devoured by Maya archaeologists in their quest to interpret, explain, and just describe the vast array of large stone buildings at Maya sites referred to generically as palaces. The papers in the volume make one think and ask more questions about power, authority, and their architectural expression in the ancient world.
Descriere
This book brings together state-of-the-art data and analysis regarding the occupants, ritual and residential uses, and social and cosmological meanings of Maya palaces and elite residences.