Vernacular Architecture in the Pre-Columbian Americas (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Halperin, Christina; Schwartz, Lauren

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Vernacular Architecture in the Pre-Columbian Americas reveals the dynamism of the ancient past, where social relations and long-term history were created post hole by post hole, brick by brick. This collection shift attention away from the elite and monumental architectural traditions of the ancient past to instead investigate the creativity, subtlety and variability of common architecture and the people who built and dwelled in them. At the heart of this study of vernacular architecture is an emphasis on ordinary people and their built environments, and how these everyday spaces were pivotal in the making and meaning of social and cultural dynamics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317238805
• Artikelnr.: 45970781

Autorenporträt

Christina T. Halperin is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Université de Montréal, Canada. She is a specialist in Maya archaeology and has published a number of papers and books, with her research focusing on the household, political economy, gender, materiality and daily life. Lauren E. Schwartz is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Kenyon College, USA. Her research focuses on how the study of households, architecture and the built environment can inform our understanding of ancient social identity.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction
1. The Archaeology of Vernacular Architecture in the Pre-Columbian Americas
Christina T. Halperin & Lauren E. Schwartz
Part II. Building Buildings
2. Ethnoarchaeology and Archaeology of Vernacular Architecture in the
Department of Tumbes, Peru
Jerry D. Moore
3. Traditional Architecture as Peopled Practice at Monte Viudo,
Chachapoyas, Peru
Anna Guengerich
4. Vernacular Architecture of Southeast Mesoamerica: An Evaluation of
Design Variations and Identity Expression from the Late and Terminal
Classic Middle Chamelecón-Cacaulapa, Northwest Honduras
Lauren E. Schwartz
Part III. Structuring Structures
5. Vernacular vs. State Housing in the Wari Empire: Cosmological Clashes
and Compromises
Donna Nash
6. Vernacular and Monumental Maya Architecture: Translations and Lost in
Translation During the Terminal Classic period (ca. 800-950 CE)
Christina T. Halperin
Part IV. The Temporality of Vernacular Architecture
7. Building Cahokia: Transformation through Tradition
Susan M. Alt
8. The Living House: The Vernacular Architecture of Early Postclassic
Xaltocan, Mexico
Kristin De Lucia
9. Vernacular Architecture in the Chacoan World
Kellam Throgmorton
Part V. Conclusion
10. Vernacular Architecture: Insights into Practice, Identity, and
Relationships in Pre-Columbian Societies in the Americas
Julia A. Hendon