Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza From Primordial Sea to Public Space

The plaza has been a defining feature of Mexican urban architecture and culture for at least 4,000 years. Ancient Mesoamericans conducted most of their communal life in outdoor public spaces, and today the plaza is still the public living room in every Mexican neighborhood, town, and city-the place...

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Hauptverfasser: Wagner, Logan, Box, Hal, Morehead, Susan Kline
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Austin University of Texas Press 2013
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Schriftenreihe:Roger Fullington Series in Architecture
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ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE / General
Architecture and Architectural History
Architecture and society
Architecture and society > Mexico > History
ARCHITECTURE / History / General
History
HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
Latin America
Mexico
Plazas
Plazas > Mexico > History
Public spaces
Public spaces > Mexico > History
ISBN:9780292719163, 0292719167
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  • Front Matter Table of Contents AUTHORS’ NOTE [Maps] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: THE PRIMORDIAL SEA CHAPTER TWO: FORMING SPANISH TOWNS IN MESOAMERICAN CULTURE CHAPTER THREE: SIXTEENTH-CENTURY COMMUNAL OPEN SPACES CHAPTER FOUR: ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION EPILOGUE APPENDIX NOTES GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
  • Cover Title Page, Copyright Contents Authors’ Note Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Primordial Sea: Forming Open Space in Mesoamerica 2. Forming Spanish Towns in Mesoamerican Culture 3. Sixteenth-Century Communal Open Spaces (Five Hundred Years Later) 4. Origins and Evolution Epilogue. Plazas in the Twenty-first Century Appendix. Measured Drawings: Plans of Towns Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
  • The Yucatán Experience -- Chapels, Yucatán -- Tibolón, Yucatán -- Izamal, Yucatán -- 4. Origins and Evolution -- Epilogue. Plazas in the Twenty-first Century -- The San Miguel Example -- Qualities of Successful Plazas -- Sprawl and the American Myth -- Appendix. Measured Drawings: Plans of Towns -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
  • Intro -- Contents -- Authors' Note -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Primordial Sea: Forming Open Space in Mesoamerica -- Mesoamerican Concept of Space -- Mountains and Altepetls -- Caves, Quatrefoils, and Sunken Courts -- Types of Open Space in Mesoamerica -- Triad Centering -- U-shaped Courts -- Quadrangles -- Quincunx: Symbol of the Cosmos -- Ballcourts -- The Sunken Court of Teopantecuanitlán -- The Dallas Plaque: A Cosmogram -- 2. Forming Spanish Towns in Mesoamerican Culture -- People and Ideas -- The Invasion -- The Europeans Making Contact -- European Plazas in the Early Sixteenth Century -- Origins of the Plaza -- Building New World Towns -- Types of Towns -- First Acts and Encounters -- Laws of the Indies -- Conversion -- Quincunx Patios -- Relaciones Geográficas -- 3. Sixteenth-Century Communal Open Spaces (Five Hundred Years Later) -- Caves and Crevices -- Amecameca, State of México -- Zoquizoquipan, Hidalgo -- Valladolid, Yucatán -- Quincunxial Arrangements -- Atlatlahuacan, Morelos -- Huejotzingo, Puebla -- Huaquechula, Puebla -- Zacualpan de Amilpas, Morelos -- Terraced Mountains -- Molango, Hidalgo -- Achiutla, Oaxaca -- Yanhuitlán, Oaxaca -- Sunken Courts -- Tepoztlán, Morelos -- Tochimilco, Puebla -- Calpan, Puebla -- Ballcourts and Bullrings -- Villa Díaz Ordaz, Oaxaca -- Tlanalapa, Hidalgo -- Tepeapulco, Hidalgo -- Open Space Ensembles -- Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca -- Tlacolula, Oaxaca -- Otumba de Gómez Farías, State of México -- Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca -- Tepeaca, Puebla -- Etla, Oaxaca -- Bishop Quiroga's Utopias in Michoacán -- Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán -- Pátzcuaro, Michoacán -- Santa Fe de la Laguna, Michoacán -- Erongarícuaro, Michoacán -- Angahuan, Michoacán -- Visible Overlays and Deliberate Alignments -- Mitla, Oaxaca -- Hacienda Xaaga, Oaxaca -- Teposcolula, Oaxaca -- Coixtlahuaca, Oaxaca -- Epazoyucan, Hidalgo
  • Acknowledgments --
  • Contents --
  • Authors’ Note --
  • Chapter Two Forming Spanish Towns in Mesoamerican Culture --
  • Index
  • Glossary --
  • Epilogue Plazas in the Twenty-First Century --
  • Chapter Three Sixteenth-Century Communal Open Spaces (Five Hundred Years Later) --
  • Chapter Four Origins and Evolution --
  • Chapter One The Primordial Sea Forming Open Space in Mesoamerica --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Appendix Measured Drawings: Plans of Towns --
  • Notes --
  • Introduction --
  • Bibliography --