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Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture

A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 7th and 8th October 1994

Edited by Stephen D. Houston

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ISBN 9780884022541

Publication Date: 01/01/1998

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  • Preface [Jeffrey Quilter]
  • Introduction [Stephen D. Houston]
  • Classic Maya Architecture: Implications and Comparisons [David Webster]
  • Continuity and Disjunction: The Pre-Classic Antecedents of Classic Maya Architecture [Richard D. Hansen]
  • Structures as Sites: The Construction Process and Maya Architecture [Elliot M. Abrams]
  • What Do Houses Mean? Approaches to the Analysis of Classic Maya Commoner Residences [Kevin J. Johnston and Nancy Gonlin]
  • A Design for Meaning in Maya Architecture [Mary Miller]
  • Dynastic Architectural Programs: Intention and Design in Classic Maya Buildings at Copan and Other Sites [William L. Fash]
  • Ancestors and the Classic Maya Built Environment [Patricia A. McAnany]
  • The Architectural Context of Caches, Burials, and Other Ritual Activities for the Classic Period Maya (as Reflected at Caracol, Belize) [Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase]
  • Classic Maya Depictions of the Built Environment [Stephen D. Houston]
  • “The Fire Enters His House”: Architecture and Ritual in Classic Maya Texts [David Stuart]
  • The Jade Hearth: Centrality, Rulership, and the Classic Maya Temple [Karl Taube]
  • The Iconography of Maya Architectural Façades during the Late Classic Period [Linda Schele†]
  • Finding Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture [Stephen D. Houston]
  • Index

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