Palaces and courtly culture in ancient Mesoamerica / edited by Julie Nehammer Knub, Christophe Helmke, Jesper Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knub, Julie Nehammer, editor.

Helmke, Christophe, editor.

Nielsen, Jesper, editor.

Series:

Archaeopress Pre-Columbian archaeology ; 4.

Archaeopress pre-Columbian archaeology ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North America--Social life and customs--Congresses.

North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, [2014]

Summary:

This volume collects eight recent and innovative studies spanning the breadth of Mesoamerica, from the Early Classic metropolis of Teotihuacan, to Tenochtitlan, the Late Postclassic capital of the Aztec, and from the arid central Mexican highlands in the west to the humid Maya lowlands in the east.

Contents:

Book cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica: An Introduction

Julie Nehammer Knub, Jesper Nielsen &amp

Christophe Helmke

Chapter 1: Where Kings Once Ruled? Considerations on Palaces and Rulership at Teotihuacan

Jesper Nielsen

Chapter 2: Identifying the Provenance and Dating of

Christophe Helmke &amp

Helle Hovmand-Rasmussen

Chapter 4: The Center of Power: Tasks and Strategies of the Mexica Court

Casper Jacobsen

Chapter 5: Courtly Etiquette and Eloquent Speech in Ancient Mesoamerica

Rosa-Maria Worm Danbo &amp

Chapter 6: How the Other Half Lives: The Role and Function of Body Paint at Maya Courts

Julie Nehammer Knub

Chapter 7: The Late Classic Maya Court of Namaan (La Florida, Guatemala)

Mads Skytte Jørgensen &amp

Guido Krempel

Chapter 8: Royal Bundle Ceremonies at Yaxchilan

Rikke Marie Søegaard.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781784910518

1784910511