{"product_id":"ancient-origins-of-the-mexican-plaza-from-primordial-sea-to-public-space-9780292719163","title":"Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza  From","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExtensively illustrated with detailed site plans and photographs, this architectural history of the Mexican plaza reveals why this central public space has been the heart of the community from ancient Mesoamerican times until the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenerously illustrated with diagrams and measured drawings of the sites analyzed, this volume also offers information on the pre-Hispanic sites and form surrounding them. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThe development of the Mexican plaza in the early sixteenth century is a fascinating topic, and it has been adequately summarized and well illustrated by Logan Wagner, Hal Box, and Susan Kline Moorhead in \u003ci\u003eAncient Origins of the Mexican Plaza\u003c\/i\u003e. * Marginalia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthors' Note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One. The Primordial Sea: Forming Open Space in Mesoamerica \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMesoamerican Concept of Space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMountains and Altepetls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaves, Quatrefoils, and Sunken Courts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTypes of Open Space in Mesoamerica \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTriad Centering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU-shaped Courts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuadrangles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuincunx: Symbol of the Cosmos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBallcourts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sunken Court of Teopantecuanitlán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dallas Plaque: A Cosmogram\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two. Forming Spanish Towns in Mesoamerican Culture \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople and Ideas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Invasion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Europeans Making Contact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEuropean Plazas in the Early Sixteenth Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigins of the Plaza\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding New World Towns \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTypes of Towns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Acts and Encounters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaws of the Indies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConversion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuincunx Patios\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelaciones Geográficas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three. Sixteenth-Century Communal Open Spaces (Five Hundred Years Later) \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaves and Crevices \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmecameca, State of México\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZoquizoquipan, Hidalgo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValladolid, Yucatán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuincunxial Arrangements \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtlatlahuacan, Morelos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuejotzingo, Puebla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuaquechula, Puebla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZacualpan de Amilpas, Morelos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTerraced Mountains \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMolango, Hidalgo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAchiutla, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYanhuitlán, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSunken Courts \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTepoztlán, Morelos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTochimilco, Puebla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalpan, Puebla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBallcourts and Bullrings \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVilla Díaz Ordaz, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTlanalapa, Hidalgo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTepeapulco, Hidalgo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen Space Ensembles \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTlaxiaco, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTlacolula, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOtumba de Gómez Farías, State of México\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTlacochahuaya, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTepeaca, Puebla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEtla, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBishop Quiroga's Utopias in Michoacán \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTzintzuntzan, Michoacán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePátzcuaro, Michoacán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanta Fe de la Laguna, Michoacán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErongarícuaro, Michoacán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAngahuan, Michoacán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisible Overlays and Deliberate Alignments \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMitla, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHacienda Xaaga, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeposcolula, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoixtlahuaca, Oaxaca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpazoyucan, Hidalgo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Yucatán Experience \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYotholín, Yucatán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTibolón, Yucatán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIzamal, Yucatán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four. Origins and Evolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: Plazas in the Twenty-first Century \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe San Miguel Example\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQualities of Successful Plazas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSprawl and the American Myth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix. Measured Drawings: Plans of Towns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MU - University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036871393623,"sku":"9780292719163","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292719163.jpg?v=1750932809","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ancient-origins-of-the-mexican-plaza-from-primordial-sea-to-public-space-9780292719163","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}