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Author(s): Rex Koontz
ISBN(s): 9780813337326, 0813337321
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 52.23 MB
Year: 2001
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0813337321

ISBN 13: 9780813337326

Author: Rex Koontz, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Annabeth Headrick

From the early cities in the second millennium BC to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan on the eve of the Spanish conquest, Ancient Mesoamericans created landscapes full of meaning and power in the center of their urban spaces. The sixteenth century description of Tenochtitlan by Bernal Diaz del Castillo and the archaeological remnants of Teotihuacan attest to the power and centrality of these urban configurations in Ancient Mesoamerican history. In Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica, Rex Koontz, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, and Annabeth Headrick explore the cultural logic that structured and generated these centers.Through case studies of specific urban spaces and their meanings, the authors examine the general principles by which the Ancient Mesoamericans created meaningful urban space. In a profoundly interdisciplinary exchange involving both archaeologists and art historians, this volume connects the symbolism of those landscapes, the performances that activated this symbolism, and the cultural poetics of these ensembles.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The Cultural Poetics of Power and Space in Ancient Mesoamerica

Chapter 2: What the Heck’s Coatépec? The Formative Roots of an Enduring Mythology

Chapter 3: Procession Rituals and Shrine Sites: The Politics of Sacred Space in the Late Formative Valley of Oaxaca

Chapter 4: Sacred Geography at Izapa and the Performance of Rulership

Chapter 5: Dance Performances at Quiriguá

Chapter 6: The Poetics of Power and Knowledge at La Venta

Chapter 7: Merging Myth and Politics: The Three Temple Complex at Teotihuacan

Chapter 8: A Model for Late Classic Community Structure at Copán, Honduras

Chapter 9: The Form of Power: The Architectural Meaning of Building A of El Tajín

Chapter 10: Political Rhetoric and the Unification of Natural Geography, Cosmic Space, and Gender Spheres

Chapter 11: Mountain of Heaven, Mountain of Earth: The Great Pyramid of Cholula as Sacred Landscape

Chapter 12: A Sense of Place at Chichén Itzá

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