Palaces of the Ancient New World

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-88402-341-8
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 258 mm, Gewicht: 1053 g

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia

Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle. This volume, the first scholarly compendium of elite residences of the high cultures of the New World, presents definitive descriptions and interpretations by leading scholars in the field. Authoritative yet accessible, this extensively illustrated book will serve as an important resource for anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians of art, architecture, and related disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Evans, Susan Toby

Pillsbury, Joanne

Weitere Mitwirkende

Nelson, Ben A.

Andrews, E. Wyllys

Webster, David

Inomata, Takeshi

Isbell, William H.

Morris, Craig

Salazar, Lucy C.

Houston, Stephen D.

Über Autor(innen)

Houston, Stephen D.
Stephen D. Houston is Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.

Evans, Susan Toby
Susan Toby Evans is Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University.

Pillsbury, Joanne
Joanne Pillsbury is Andrall E. Pearson Curator in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Morris, Craig
Craig Morris was Curator of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History.