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Klappentext Extensively 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. Zusammenfassung Extensively 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Authors' NoteAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One. The Primordial Sea: Forming Open Space in Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Concept of SpaceMountains and AltepetlsCaves, Quatrefoils, and Sunken CourtsTypes of Open Space in Mesoamerica Triad CenteringU-shaped CourtsQuadranglesQuincunx: Symbol of the CosmosBallcourtsThe Sunken Court of TeopantecuanitlánThe Dallas Plaque: A CosmogramChapter Two. Forming Spanish Towns in Mesoamerican Culture People and IdeasThe InvasionThe Europeans Making ContactEuropean Plazas in the Early Sixteenth CenturyOrigins of the PlazaBuilding New World Towns Types of TownsFirst Acts and EncountersLaws of the IndiesConversionQuincunx PatiosRelaciones GeográficasChapter Three. Sixteenth-Century Communal Open Spaces (Five Hundred Years Later) Caves and Crevices Amecameca, State of MéxicoZoquizoquipan, HidalgoValladolid, YucatánQuincunxial Arrangements Atlatlahuacan, MorelosHuejotzingo, PueblaHuaquechula, PueblaZacualpan de Amilpas, MorelosTerraced Mountains Molango, HidalgoAchiutla, OaxacaYanhuitlán, OaxacaSunken Courts Tepoztlán, MorelosTochimilco, PueblaCalpan, PueblaBallcourts and Bullrings Villa Díaz Ordaz, OaxacaTlanalapa, HidalgoTepeapulco, HidalgoOpen Space Ensembles Tlaxiaco, OaxacaTlacolula, OaxacaOtumba de Gómez Farías, State of MéxicoTlacochahuaya, OaxacaTepeaca, PueblaEtla, OaxacaBishop Quiroga's Utopias in Michoacán Tzintzuntzan, MichoacánPátzcuaro, MichoacánSanta Fe de la Laguna, MichoacánErongarícuaro, MichoacánAngahuan, MichoacánVisible Overlays and Deliberate Alignments Mitla, OaxacaHacienda Xaaga, OaxacaTeposcolula, OaxacaCoixtlahuaca, OaxacaEpazoyucan, HidalgoThe Yucatán Experience Yotholín, YucatánTibolón, YucatánIzamal, YucatánChapter Four. Origins and EvolutionEpilogue: Plazas in the Twenty-first Century The San Miguel ExampleQualities of Successful PlazasSprawl and the American MythAppendix. Measured Drawings: Plans of TownsNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex...
