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Palaces of the ancient new world: a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 10th and 11th October 1998

By David Webster , Susan Toby Evans , Joanne Pillsbury , Ben A. Nelson , E. Wyllys Andrews , Takeshi Inomata , William H. Isbell , Craig Morris , Lucy C. Salazar , Stephen D. Houston

Book information

Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Year
2004
ISBN
9780884023005, 0-88402-300-1
LCC
F1219.76.A74 D86 1998
Open Library ID
OL19145264M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6323822 bytes)
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Conference Proceedings
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
426\426
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle. This volume, the first scholarly compendium of elite residences of the high cultures of the New World, presents definitive descriptions and interpretations by leading scholars in the field. Authoritative yet accessible, this extensively illustrated book will serve as an important resource for anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians of art, architecture, and related disciplines.

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