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(Ebook) Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the Northwest Coast by Jessica Joyce Christie, Patricia Joan Sarro ISBN 9780292709843, 0292709846

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Authors:Jessica Joyce Christie, Patricia Joan Sarro
Pages:432 pages.
Year:2006
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Language:english
File Size:5.9 MB
Format:pdf
ISBNS:9780292709843, 0292709846
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(Ebook) Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the Northwest Coast by Jessica Joyce Christie, Patricia Joan Sarro ISBN 9780292709843, 0292709846

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 locations. Such messages separated palaces from other elite architecture and reinforced the power and privilege of those residing in them. Indeed, as Christie and Sarro write, "the relation between political power and architecture is a pervasive and intriguing theme in the Americas."Given the variety of cultures, time periods, and geographical locations examined within, the editors of this book have grouped the articles into four sections. The first looks at palaces in cultures where they have not previously been identified, including the Huaca of Moche Site, the Wari of Peru, and Chaco Canyon in the U.S. Southwest. The second section discusses palaces as "stage sets" that express power, such as those found among the Maya, among the Coast Salish of the Pacific Northwest, and at El Tajín on the Mexican Gulf Coast. The third part of the volume presents cases in which differences in elite residences imply differences in social status, with examples from Pasado de la Amada, the Valley of Oaxaca, Teotihuacan, and the Aztecs. The final section compares architectural strategies between cultures; the models here are Farfán, Peru, under both the Chimú and the Inka, and the separate states of the Maya and the Inka.Such scope, and the quality of the scholarship, make Palaces and Power in the Americas a must-have work on the subject.
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