Jessica Joyce Christie

Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the Northwest Coast Jessica Joyce Christie

Commendation Quotes: This book is a major contribution to American archaeology and related fields, such as art history, architectural theory, and social anthropology.... The wide range of different societies included--from the powerful Inka empire to the small Northwest Coast chiefdoms--will make this volume a standard reference for everybody interested in elite residential architecture of the Ancient New World. Table of Contents: Preface and Acknowledgments Note on Orthography Introduction Jessica Joyce Christie Part 1. Identification of Palaces 1. Looking for Moche Palaces in the Elite Residences of the Huacas of Moche Site Claude Chapdelaine 2. Landscape of Power: A Network of Palaces in Middle Horizon Peru William H. Isbell 3. Lords of the Great House: Pueblo Bonito as a Palace Stephen H. Lekson Part 2. Palaces as Active Stage Sets of Political Ideology 4. Sacred and Profane Mountains of the Pasion: Contrasting Architectural Paths to Power Arthur A. Demarest 5. Political Dimensions of Monumental Residences on the Northwest Coast of North America Colin Grier 6. Rising Above: The Elite Acropolis of El Tajin Patricia Joan Sarro Part 3. Correspondences between Material Aspects of Elite Residences and Social Status 7. The Residence of Power at Paso de la Amada, Mexico Michael Blake, Richard G. Lesure, Warren D. Hill, Luis Barba, and John E. Clark 8. When Is a House a Palace? Elite Residences in the Valley of Oaxaca Sarah B. Barber and Arthur A. Joyce 9. Rulership and Palaces at Teotihuacan William T. Sanders and Susan Toby Evans 10. Antecedents of the Aztec Palace: Palaces and Political Power in Classic and Postclassic Mexico Susan Toby Evans Part 4. Comparison of Palaces across Cultures 11. Elite Residences at Farfan: A Comparison of the Chimu and Inka Occupations Carol Mackey 12. Houses of Political Power among the Ancient Maya and Inka Jessica Joyce Christie Conclusions William T. Sanders Contributors IndexPublisher Marketing: A wide-ranging look at the relationship between political power and architecture in the Americas.

Contributor Bio:  Christie, Jessica Joyce Jessica Joyce Christie is Associate Professor of Art History in the School of Art at East Carolina University. Contributor Bio:  Sarro, Patricia Joan Jessica Joyce Christie is Assistant Professor of Art History at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.