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050 00 a| F1219.3.A6b| M48 1999;

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245 00 a| Mesoamerican architecture as a cultural symbol /c| edited by Jeff Karl Kowalski.;

260 a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 1999.;

300 a| xiv, 416 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 27 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-399) and index.;

505 0 a| Mountains of creation and underworld portals: the ritual function of Olmec architecture at La Venta, Tabasco / F. Kent Reilly, III -- The architecture of the Teuchitlán tradition of Mexico's occidente / Philip C. Weigand -- Early architecture in the Valley of Oaxaca: 1350 B.C.-A.D. 500 / Joyce Marcus -- Natural order, social order, political legitimacy, and the sacred city: the architecture of Teotihuacan / Jeff Karl Kowalski -- Classic Veracruz architecture: cultural symbolism in time and space / S. Jeffrey K. Wilkerson -- Public buildings and civic spaces at Xochicalco, Morelos / Augusto Molina & Jeff Karl Kowalski -- The architecture of the Tula body politic / Cynthic Kristan-Graham -- The lintel paintings of Mitla and the function of the Mitla palaces / John Martin Deland Pohl -- The Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan: cosmic center of the Axtec universe / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma -- Continuities and contrasts in early classic architecture of Central Copan / Robert J. Sharer...[et al.] -- The path of life: toward a functional analysis of ancient Maya architecture / David Freidel & Charles Shuler -- The architecture of Uxmal: the symbolics of statemaking at a Puuc Maya regional capital / Jeff Karl Kowalski & Nicholas P. Dunning -- Architectural innovation of the temple of the warriors at Chichén Itzá / Andrea Stone -- Structure 16, Tulum, Quintana Roo: iconography and function of a late postclassic Maya building / Merideth Paxton -- The skull rack in Mesoamerica / Virginia E. Miller.;

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650 0 a| Symbolism in architecturez| Mexico.=| ^A90302;

650 0 a| Symbolism in architecturez| Latin America.=| ^A90302;

651 0 a| Central Americax| Antiquities.=| ^A28903;

651 0 a| Mexicox| Antiquities.=| ^A28902;

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Mesoamerican architecture as a cultural symbol / edited by Jeff Karl Kowalski.

Other author	Kowalski, Jeff Karl, 1951-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description	xiv, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Subjects	Indian architecture--Mexico. Indian architecture--Central America. Architectural design--Mexico. Architectural design--Central America. Symbolism in architecture--Mexico. Symbolism in architecture--Latin America. Central America--Antiquities. Mexico--Antiquities.

Contents	Mountains of creation and underworld portals: the ritual function of Olmec architecture at La Venta, Tabasco / F. Kent Reilly, III -- The architecture of the Teuchitlán tradition of Mexico's occidente / Philip C. Weigand -- Early architecture in the Valley of Oaxaca: 1350 B.C.-A.D. 500 / Joyce Marcus -- Natural order, social order, political legitimacy, and the sacred city: the architecture of Teotihuacan / Jeff Karl Kowalski -- Classic Veracruz architecture: cultural symbolism in time and space / S. Jeffrey K. Wilkerson -- Public buildings and civic spaces at Xochicalco, Morelos / Augusto Molina & Jeff Karl Kowalski -- The architecture of the Tula body politic / Cynthic Kristan-Graham -- The lintel paintings of Mitla and the function of the Mitla palaces / John Martin Deland Pohl -- The Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan: cosmic center of the Axtec universe / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma -- Continuities and contrasts in early classic architecture of Central Copan / Robert J. Sharer...[et al.] -- The path of life: toward a functional analysis of ancient Maya architecture / David Freidel & Charles Shuler -- The architecture of Uxmal: the symbolics of statemaking at a Puuc Maya regional capital / Jeff Karl Kowalski & Nicholas P. Dunning -- Architectural innovation of the temple of the warriors at Chichén Itzá / Andrea Stone -- Structure 16, Tulum, Quintana Roo: iconography and function of a late postclassic Maya building / Merideth Paxton -- The skull rack in Mesoamerica / Virginia E. Miller.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-399) and index.
LCCN	97014821
ISBN	0195079612 (cloth : alk. paper)

Mesoamerican architecture as a cultural symbol / edited by Jeff Karl Kowalski.

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