A Historical Archaeology of Early Spanish Colonial Urbanism in Central America / William R. Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, William R. (William Roy), 1950- author.

Series:

Florida scholarship online.

Florida scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Central America--History.

City planning.

Archaeology and history--Central America.

Archaeology and history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2021]

Summary:

William Fowler uses archaeology, history, and social theory to show that the establishment of cities was essential to Spanish colonialism. Fowler draws upon decades of archaeological research on the landscape, built environment, and architecture of Ciudad Vieja, a sixteenth-century site located in present-day El Salvador.

Contents:

Part I. Modern-World Historical Archaeology and Early Spanish Colonial Urbanism

Ciudad Vieja in the Context of Modern-World Historical Archaeology

Ciudad Vieja and Early Spanish Colonial Urbanism

Part II. The Archaeology of Ciudad Vieja, El Salvador

Environmental Structures, Resources, and Economy of the Villa of San Salvador

The Ciudad Vieja Archaeological Project: Mapping, Site Survey, and Geophysical Remote Sensing

The Urban Landscape of Ciudad Vieja: Excavations and Architecture

Part III. A Structural History of Early Spanish Colonial Urbanism

The Longue Dur⁰́₍e of Historical Urbanism in Spain

Structural History of Early Colonial Urbanism in Central America

Conclusions: The Urban Colonization of Spanish America

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 13, 2022).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813067247

0813067243

9780813069128

0813069122

OCLC:

1257315186