Mesoamerican plazas : arenas of community and power / / edited by Kenichiro Tsukamoto and Takeshi Inomata

• Pubblicazione: Tucson : , : University of Arizona Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 711/.550972
• Soggetto topico: Maya architecture - Mexico; Maya architecture - Central America; Indian architecture - Mexico; Indian architecture - Central America; Plazas - Mexico; Plazas - Central America
• Soggetto geografico: Mexico Antiquities; Central America Antiquities
• Persona (resp. second.): TsukamotoKenichiro <1973->; InomataTakeshi <1961->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. Plaza contructions and public events -- part II. Plazas in broader spatial contexts -- part III. Plazas and images -- part IV. Commentary.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This is the first book to examine the roles of plazas in ancient Mesoamerica. It argues persuasively that physical interactions among people in communal events were not the outcomes of political machinations held behind the scenes, but were the actual political processes through which people created, negotiated, and subverted social realities"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Mesoamerican plazas
• ISBN: 0-8165-9879-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814873903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II