Pre-Columbian architecture in Mesoamerica / edited by Maria Teresa Uriarte ; with contributions by Claudia Brittenham, Annick Daneels, Jesus Galindo Trejo, Rebecca B. Gonzales Lauck, Veronica Hernandez Diaz, Mary Ellen Miller, Gustavo A. Ramirez Castilla, Antonia Toca Fernandez, Maria Teresa Uriarte, Erik Velasquea Garcia, and Ilan Vit Suzan ; translated from the Spanish by Tanya Huntington. - First edition. - 319 pages : illustrations, (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 33 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-332) and index.

Architecture as art ; The hidden meanings of architecture ; Architectural function and technique / Pre-Olmec and Olmec architecture / The Central Altiplano / Western México ; Northern México / Central Veracruz / The Huastec region / Oaxaca / The Maya region -- Mary Ellen Miller and Claudia Brittenham -- Architectural terminology in Maya and Nahua texts / María Teresa Uriarte and Antonio Toca Fernández -- Rebecca B. González Lauck -- María Teresa Uriarte and Ilán Vit Suzan -- Verónica Hernández Díaz -- Annick Daneels -- Gustavo A. Ramírez Castilla -- María Teresa Uriarte -- Erik Velásquez García

9780789210456 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Indian architecture--Mexico.
Indian architecture--Central America.


Mexico--Antiquities.
Central America--Antiquities.

F1219.3.A6 / A7713 2010