Mesoamerican Plazas
Subtitle: Arenas of Community and Power
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780816530588
Subjects: Maya architecture; Indian architecture; Plazas; Mexico, antiquities; Central america, antiquities
Description: "This is the first book to examine the roles of plazas in ancient Mesoamerica. It argues persuasively that physical interactions among people in communal events were not the outcomes of political machinations held behind the scenes, but were the actual political processes through which people created, negotiated, and subverted social realities"--