Palaces and Power in the Americas : : From Peru to the Northwest Coast / / ed. by Patricia Joan Sarro, Jessica Joyce Christie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Barba, Luis,; Barber, Sarah B.,; Blake, Michael,; Chapdelaine, Claude,; Christie, Jessica Joyce,; Clark, John E.,; Demarest, Arthur A.,; Evans, Susan Toby,; Grier, Colin,; Hill, Warren D.,; Isbell, William H.,; Joyce, Arthur A.,; Lekson, Stephen H.,; Lesure, Richard G.,; Mackey, Carol,; Sanders, William T.,; Sarro, Patricia Joan,
• HerausgeberIn: Christie, Jessica Joyce,; Sarro, Patricia Joan,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)

Ancient American palaces still captivate those who stand before them. Even in their fallen and ruined condition, the palaces project such power that, according to the editors of this new collection, it must have been deliberately drawn into their formal designs, spatial layouts, and choice of locati...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface and acknowledgments
• Note on orthography
• Introduction
• Part 1 Identification of Palaces
• Chapter 1 Looking for Moche Palaces in the Elite Residences of the Huacas of Moche Site
• Chapter 2 Landscape of Power a network of palaces in middle horizon Peru
• Chapter 3 Lords of the Great House pueblo bonito as a palace
• Part 2 Palaces as Active Stage Sets of Political Ideology
• Chapter 4 Sacred and Profane Mountains of the Pasión contrasting architectural paths to power
• chapter 5 Political Dimensions of Monumental Residences on the Northwest Coast of North America
• Chapter 6 Rising Above the elite acropolis of El Tajín
• Part 3 Correspondences between Material Aspects of Elite Residences and Social Status
• Chapter 7 The Residence of Power at Paso de la Amada, Mexico
• Chapter 8 When Is a House a Palace? elite residences in the valley of Oaxaca
• Chapter 9 Rulership and Palaces at Teotihuacan
• Chapter 10 Antecedents of the Aztec Palace palaces and political
• Part 4 Comparison of Palaces across Cultures
• Chapter 11 Elite Residences at Farfán a comparison of the Chimú and Inka occupations
• Chapter 12 Houses of Political Power among the Ancient Maya and Inka
• Conclusions
• Contributors
• Index