Ruins of the past : the use and perception of abandoned structures in the Maya lowlands /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Stanton, Travis W., 1971-, Magnoni, Aline
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2008.
Series:Mesoamerican worlds.
Subjects:
Maya architecture.
Abandoned buildings > Mexico.
Abandoned buildings > Central America.
Buildings > Remodeling for other use > Mexico.
Buildings > Remodeling for other use > Central America.
Architecture maya.
Constructions abandonnées > Mexique.
Constructions abandonnées > Amérique centrale.
Constructions > Reconversion > Mexique.
Constructions > Reconversion > Amérique centrale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Abandoned buildings.
Antiquities.
Buildings > Remodeling for other use.
Mexico > Antiquities.
Central America > Antiquities.
Mexique > Antiquités.
Central America.
Mexico.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Foreword
  • Note on Use of Accents
  • 1: Places of Remembrance
  • 2: Forgotten Structures, Haunted Houses, and Occupied Hearts
  • 3: The Transformation of Abandoned Architecture at Piedras Negras
  • 4: Structure Abandonment and Landscape Transformation
  • 5: Manipulating Memory in the Wake of Dynastic Decline at El PerÃð-Wakaâ€?
  • 6: Establishing and Reusing Sacred Place
  • 7: Anatomy of a Post-Collapse Society
  • 8: Landscape Transformations and Changing Perceptions at Chunchucmil, Yucatán
  • 9: Edzná
  • 10: Memories, Meanings, and Historical AwarenessAfterword
  • References Cited
  • Contributors
  • Index

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