| Description |
xxiii, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Figures and tables -- Foreword / Merle Greene Robertson -- Preface / Damien B. Marken -- pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. Palenque archaeology : an introduction / Peter Mathews -- pt. 2. Chronology -- 2. Chronological chart and overview of ceramic developments at Palenque / Robert L. Rands -- 3. Palenque and selected survey sites in Chiapas and Tabasco : the preclassic / Robert L. Rands -- 4. The construction chronology of Palenque : seriation within an architectural form / Damien B. Marken -- pt. 3. Settlement -- 5. The problem of political integration in the Kingdom of Baak / Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo -- 6. Indicators of urbanism at Palenque / Edwin L. Barnhart -- 7. Creating space through water management at the classic Maya site of Palenque, Chiapas / Kirk D. French -- pt. 4. Architecture and excavation -- 8. Elite residential compounds at late classic Palenque / Damien B. Marken and Arnoldo González Cruz -- 9. Following the traces of temple XX : Proyecto Grupo de las Cruces 2002 excavations / Joshua A. Balcells González -- 10. A house of cards : construction, proportion, and form at temple XIX, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico / Kirk D. Straight. |
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pt. 5. Religion and ritual spaces -- 11. Gods and histories : mythology and dynastic succession at temples XIX and XXI at Palenque / David Stuart -- 12. Ritual purification and the ancient Maya sweatbath at Palenque / Mark B. Child -- pt. 6. Contemporary concerns and conclusions -- 13. Why restore architecture at Palenque? / C. Rudy Larios Villalta -- 14. Conclusion : Reconceptualizing the Palenque polity / Damien B. Marken and Kirk D. Straight -- Index -- About the contributors. |
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Maya architecture -- Mexico -- Palenque (Chiapas)
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Maya pottery -- Mexico -- Palenque (Chiapas)
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Palenque (Chiapas)
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Palenque Site (Mexico)
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Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico) -- Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
Marken, Damien B., 1977-
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| ISBN |
0759108749 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780759108745 cloth alkaline paper |
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0759108757 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780759108752 paperback alkaline paper |
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