Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture
edited by Stephen D. Houston
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Front Matter, Preface, and Introduction / Stephen D. Houston / 61k
Classic Maya Architecture: Implications and Comparisons / David Webster / 427k
Continuity and Disjunction: The Pre-Classic Antecedents of Classic Maya Architecture / Richard D. Hansen / 793k
Structures as Sites: The Construction Process and Maya Architecture / Elliot M. Abrams / 122k
What Do Houses Mean? Approaches to the Analysis of Classic Maya Commoner Residences / Kevin J. Johnston and Nancy Gonlin
A Design for Meaning in Maya Architecture / Mary Miller / 763k
Dynastic Architectural Programs: Intention and Design in Classic Maya Buildings at Copan and Other Sites / William L. Fash / 397k
Ancestors and the Classic Maya Built Environment / Patricia A. McAnany / 397k
The Architectural Context of Caches, Burials, and Other Ritual Activities for the Classic Period Maya (as Reflected at Caracol, Belize) / Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase / 549k
Classic Maya Depictions of the Built Environment / Stephen D. Houston / 366k
"The Fire Enters His House": Architecture and Ritual in Classic Maya Texts / David Stuart / 732k
The Jade Hearth: Centrality, Rulership, and the Classic Maya Temple / Karl Taube / 641k
The Iconography of Maya Architectural Façades during the Late Classic Period / Linda Schele / 793k
Finding Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture / Stephen D. Houston / 122k
Index / 122k