ISBN:
0806120355
Language:
English
Pages:
XX,298 S
,
zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst
Series Statement:
Civilization of the American Indians series 176
Series Statement:
The civilization of the American Indian series
Dissertation note:
Teilw. zugl.: New Haven, Conn., Univ., Diss. : 1981
DDC:
972/.65
Keywords:
Governor's Palace (Uxmal Site, Mexico)
;
Maya architecture
;
Uxmal Site (Mexico)
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Palast des Gouverneurs
Abstract:
From the preface: This book is a revised and updated version of a doctoral dissertation submitted to Yale University in 1981. It includes discussions of the historiography, chronology, native history, epigraphy, function, plan and massing, visual and proportional effects, and architectural sculpture of the magnificent palace building known as the House of the Governor at the northern Maya site of Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico.
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