Palaces of the ancient new world : a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 10th and 11th October 1998 /

• Corporate Authors: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium on Palaces of the Ancient New World, Dumbarton Oaks (Originator)
• Other Authors: Evans, Susan Toby, 1945- (Editor), Pillsbury, Joanne (Editor)
• Format: Conference Proceeding Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c2004.
• Subjects: HISTORIA AMERICANA > Peru > Mexico > América Central; MONUMENTOS; YACIMIENTO ARQUEOLOGICO; ARQUITECTURA > América > Incas > Maya > Azteca; ARQUEOLOGIA; AMERICA; PERU; MEXICO; AMERICA CENTRAL

Table of Contents:

• Palaces of the ancient new world : an introduction / Joanne Pillsbury and Susan Toby Evans.
• Aztec palaces and other elite residential architecture / Susan Toby Evansc.
• Elite residences in west Mexico / Ben A. Nelson.
• Royal palaces and painted tombs : state and society in the valley of Oaxaca / Ernesto González Licón.
• Palaces of Tikal and Copán / Peter D. Harrison and E. Wyllys Andrews.
• Identifying subroyal elite palaces at Copán and Aguateca / David Webster and Takeshi Inomata.
• The concept of the palace in the Andes / Joanne Pillsbury.
• Palaces and politics in the Andean middle horizon / William H. Isbell.
• Identifying Chimú palaces : elite residential architecture in the late intermediate period / Joanne Pillsbury and Banks L. Leonard.
• Enclosures of power : the multiple spaces of Inca administrative palaces Craig Morris.
• Lifestyles of the rich and famous : luxury and daily life in the households of Machu Picchu's elite / Lucy C. Salazar and Richard L. Burger.
• Body, presence, and space in Andean and Mesoamerican rulership / Stephen D. Houston and Tom Cummins.