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• Title:Pre-Columbian architecture in Mesoamerica / edited by María Teresa Uriarte ; Claudia Brittenham [and others] ; translated from the Spanish by Tanya Huntington.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Uriarte, María Teresa.
  Brittenham, Claudia.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, 2010.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: F1219.3.A6 P74 2010
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 Lost - 10-31-2020
    
  • Links:Donor bookplate
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Indian architecture--Mexico.
  Indian architecture--Central America.
  Mexico--Antiquities.
  Central America--Antiquities.
  
• Edition:1st ed., English-language ed.
  
• Description:335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 34 cm.
  
• Summary:"Pre-Columbian Architecture in Mesoamerica is destined to become a standard reference for the serious student and an intellectual delight for the interested amateur. This authoritative yet accessible study begins with an overview of the aesthetics, meanings, functions, and techniques of Mesoamerican architecture, and then proceeds to survey the historical development of the builder's art in each of the region's cultural areas. As readers travel from the Maya heartland of Guatemala and the Yucatan to the Aztec stronghold of the Valley of Mexico, and all the way to the northern hinterlands of Mesoamerica, they will gain an appreciation of both the unity and the diversity of the region's architecture. The concluding chapter is devoted to the descriptions of architecture that have survived in Mayan and Aztec texts; it includes a unique and valuable glossary of the relevant glyphs."--Publisher's description.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780789210456 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  0789210452 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  9789680303939
  
• Contents:Architecture as art / María Teresa Uriarte and Antonio Toca Fernández
  The influence of Mesoamerican architecture on the modern era / Antonio Toca Fernández
  The hidden meanings of architecture / María Teresa Uriarte and Antonio Toca Fernández
  Astronomy, calendars, and cosmography / Jesús Galindo Trejo
  Architectural function and technique / María Teresa Uriarte and Antonio Toca Fernández
  Pre-Olmec and Olmec architecture / Rebecca B. González Lauck
  The Central Altiplano / María Teresa Uriarte and Ilán Vit Suzan
  Western México / Verónica Hernández Díaz
  Northern México / Verónica Hernández Díaz
  Central Veracruz / Annick Daneels
  The Huastec region / Gustavo A. Ramírez Castilla
  Oaxaca / María Teresa Uriarte
  The Maya region / Mary Ellen Miller and Claudia Brittenham
  Architectural terminology in Maya and Nahua texts / Erik Velásquez García
  Maps and drawings.