Landscape and power in ancient Mesoamerica. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rex Koontz, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Annabeth Headrick.
• Other Names: Koontz, Rex; Reese-Taylor, Kathryn; Headrick, Annabeth
• Contents: The cultural poetics of power and space in Ancient Mesoameria / Kathryn Reese-Taylor and Rex Koontz -- What the heck's Coatépec? : the formative roots of an enduring mythology / Linda Schele and Julia Guernsey Kappelman -- Procession rituals and shrine sites : the politics of sacred space in the late formative valley of Oaxaca / Heather S. Orr -- Sacred geography at Izapa and the performance of rulership / Julia Guernsey Kappelman -- Dance performances at Quiriguá / Matthew G. Looper -- The poetics of power and knowledge at La Venta / Carolyn E. Tate -- Merging myth and politics : the three temple complex at Teotihuacan / Annabeth Headrick -- A model for late classic community structure at Copán, Honduras / Jeffrey A. Stomper -- The form of power : the architectural meaning of building A of El Tajín / Patricia Joan Sarro -- Political rhetoric and the unification of natural geography, cosmic space, and gender spheres / Linnea Wren, Kaylee Spencer, and Krysta Hochstetler -- Mountain of heaven, mountain of earth : the great pyramid of Cholula as sacred landscape / Geoffrey G. McCafferty -- A sense of place at Chichén Itzá / Cynthia Kristan-Graham.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (416 pages)
• Subjects: 972/.01; Indian architecture -- Mexico; Indians of Mexico -- Religion; Indians of Mexico -- Politics and government; Sacred space -- Mexico -- History; City planning -- Mexico -- History; Landscape assessment -- Mexico -- History; Antiquities; City planning; Indian architecture; Indians of Mexico -- Politics and government; Indians of Mexico -- Religion; Landscape assessment; Sacred space; Steden; Landschappen; Landschapsarchitectuur; Mexico -- Antiquities; Mexico; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429979040; 0429979045
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.