Archaeology of performance
Subtitle: theaters of power, community, and politics
By: edited by Takeshi Inomata and Lawrence S. Coben.
Contributors: Inomata, Takeshi, 1961-; Coben, Lawrence A.
Series: Archaeology in society series
Publisher: Altamira Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780759108769; 9780759108776
Subjects: Social archaeology.; Theater and society.; Theater -- History -- To 500.; Performing arts -- Social aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An invitation to the archaeological theater / Takeshi Inomata and Lawrence S. Coben; title: "The Indians were much given to their taquis" : drumming and generative categories in ancient Andean funerary processions / Jerry D. Moore; title: The spectacle of daily performance at Atalhyk / Ian Hodder; title: Representational aesthetics and political subjectivity : the spectacular in urartian images of performance / Adam T. Smith; title: Impersonation, dance, and the problem of spectacle among the classic Maya / Stephen D. Houston; title: Dancing gods : ritual, performance and political organization in the prehistoric Southwest / Daniela Triadan; title: Politics and theatricality in Maya society / Takeshi Inomata; title: Other Cuzcos : replicated theaters of Inka power / Lawrence S. Coben; title: Public ceremonial performance in ancient Egypt : exclusion and integration / John Baines; title: Visible and vocal : sovereigns of the early Merina (Madagascar) state / Susan Kus and Victor Raharijaona.