From the early cities in the second millennium BC to the Aztec
capital of Tenochtitlan on the eve of the Spanish conquest, Ancient
Mesoamericans created landscapes full of meaning and power in the
center of their urban spaces. The sixteenth century description of
Tenochtitlan by Bernal Diaz del Castillo and the archaeological
remnants of Teotihuacan attest to the power and centrality of these
urban configurations in Ancient Mesoamerican history. In Landscape
and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica, Rex Koontz, Kathryn Reese-Taylor,
and Annabeth Headrick explore the cultural logic that structured
and generated these centers.Through case studies of specific urban
spaces and their meanings, the authors examine the general
principles by which the Ancient Mesoamericans created meaningful
urban space. In a profoundly interdisciplinary exchange involving
both archaeologists and art historians, this volume connects the
symbolism of those landscapes, the performances that activated this
symbolism, and the cultural poetics of these ensembles.
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