Space and Sculpture in the Classic Maya City

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Parmington is an archaeologist and heritage consultant at the Wurundjeri Tribe Land and Compensation Cultural Heritage Council Inc. in Melbourne, Australia. He has worked extensively in Australia, Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. He has contributed articles to several journals and organizations, including Mexicon, the Minesterio de Cultura y Deportes, the Instituto de Antropología e Historia and the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies. Klappentext Examines how images! texts and architectural form controlled movement of people through the various precincts in Classic Maya cities. Zusammenfassung Identifying which spaces were the most accessible and most public! and which spaces were segregated and highly private! Dr Parmington demonstrates how sculptural! iconographic and hieroglyphic content varies considerably when found in public/common or private/elite space. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Defining the Maya built environment; 2. Investigative considerations and methodology; 3. Access analysis of the Palenque cross group and its sculpture; 4. Architectural and sculptural programs of the Palenque Palace Group; 5. Access analysis of the architectural and sculptural programs of the Palenque Palace Group; 6. Access analysis of Maya art and architecture, summary and conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Parmington, PARMINGTON ALEXANDER
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2011
• EAN: 9781107002340
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00234-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of art: pre-history, Archaeology by period / region, History of the Americas, The Americas, Prehistoric archaeology