Mesoamerican plazas : arenas of community and power / edited by Kenichiro Tsukamoto and Takeshi Inom...
Mesoamerican plazas : arenas of community and power / edited by Kenichiro Tsukamoto and Takeshi Inom...
Mesoamerican plazas : arenas of community and power / edited by Kenichiro Tsukamoto and Takeshi Inomata.
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Publisher
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2014]
Call Numbers
G 2015/1395
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : Gathering in an open space: introduction to Mesoamerican plazas / Takeshi Inomata and Kenichiro Tsukamoto -- Part I. Plaza constructions and public events : Plaza builders of the preclassic Maya lowlands: the construction of a public space and a community at Ceibal, Guatemala / Takesh...
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Publisher
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2014]
Place of Publication
Arizona
Date Published
[2014]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"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"-- P...
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Mesoamerican plazas : arenas of community and power / edited by Kenichiro Tsukamoto and Takeshi Inomata.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-255) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2014.
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Call Numbers
G 2015/1395
Record Identifier
74VKO4XBzWed
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO4XBzWed
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ISBN
0816530580 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780816530588 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
711/.550972
MMS ID
991022622309702626
