Mesoamerican Plazas : Arenas of Community and Power.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction. Gathering in an Open Space: Introduction to Mesoamerican Plazas / Takeshi Inomata and Kenichiro Tsukamoto -- Part I. Plaza Constructions and Public Events -- 1. Plaza Builders of the Preclassic Maya Lowlands: The Construction of a Public Space and a Community at Ceibal, Guatemala / Takeshi Inomata -- 2. Social Identities, Power Relations, and Urban Transformations: Politics of Plaza Construction at Teotihuacan / Tatsuya Murakami -- 3. Multiple Identities on the Plazas: The Classic Maya Center of El Palmar, Mexico / Kenichiro Tsukamoto -- Part II. Plazas in Broader Spatial Contexts -- 4. Early Olmec Open Spaces at San Lorenzo, Veracruz / Ann Cyphers and Timothy Murtha -- 5. Empty Space, Active Place: The Sociopolitical Role of Plazas in the Mixteca Alta / Marijke Stoll -- 6. The Social Construction of Public Spaces at Palenque and Chinikihá, Mexico / Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo, Javier López Mejía, and Arianna Campiani -- 7. Interpreting Plaza Spaces Using Soil Chemistry: The View from Honduras / Kara A. Rothenberg -- 8. Plazas in Comparative Perspective in South-Central Veracruz from the Classic to the Postclassic Period (AD 300-1350) / Alanna Ossa -- Part III. Plazas and Images -- 9. Early Transformations of Monte Albán's Main Plaza and Their Political Implications, 500 BC-AD 200 / Javier Urcid and Arthur Joyce -- 10. Plazas and the Patios of the Feathered Serpent / William M. Ringle -- 11. Plaza, Atrium, and Maya Social Memory in Sixteenth-Century Itzmal / Amara Solari -- Part IV. Commentary -- 12. Ancient Plazas: Spaces of Inquiry in Mesoamerica and Beyond / Jerry D. Moore -- References -- Contributors -- Index.

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