Description
Book SynopsisThis book brings together state-of-the-art data and analysis regarding the occupants, ritual and residential uses, and social and cosmological meanings of Maya palaces and elite residences.
Trade ReviewThe volume provides insightful discussions and basic data on Maya palaces that will be devoured by Maya archaeologists in their quest to interpret, explain, and just describe the vast array of large stone buildings at Maya sites referred to generically as palaces. The papers in the volume make one think and ask more questions about power, authority, and their architectural expression in the ancient world.
-- Heather McKillop * The Journal of Latin American Anthropology *
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Elite Residences at Blue Creek, Belize (Thomas H. Guderjan, Robert J. Lichtenstein, and C. Colleen Hanratty)
- 2. At Court in Copan: Palace Groups of the Early Classic (Loa P. Traxler)
- 3. A Multipurpose Structure in the Late Classic Palace at Copan (E. Wyllys Andrews V, Jodi L. Johnson, William F. Doonan, Gloria E. Everson, Kathryn E. Sampeck, and Harold E. Starratt)
- 4. Palaces of the Royal Court at Tikal (Peter D'Arcy Harrison)
- 5. The Political Acquisition of Sacred Geography: The Murciélagos Complex at Dos Pilas (Arthur Demarest, Kim Morgan, Claudia Wolley, and Héctor Escobedo)
- 6. Where Did Elites Live? Identifying Elite Residences at Aguateca, Guatemala (Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan)
- 7. Access Patterns in Maya Royal Precincts (Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo)
- 8. Evidence for the Functions and Meanings of Some Northern Maya Palaces (Jeff Karl Kowalski)
- 9. The Function of a Maya Palace at Yaxuna: A Contextual Approach (James N. Ambrosino)
- 10. Palace and Society in the Northern Maya Lowlands (Edward B. Kurjack)
- 11. The Tripartite Layout of Rooms in Maya Elite Residences: Symbolic Centering, Ritual Mediating, and Historical Governing (Jessica Joyce Christie)
- 12. Conclusions (Jessica Joyce Christie)
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
