Based on a symposium held at the 2000 Conference of the Society for American Archaeology in Philadelphia.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Jessica Joyce Christie -- Looking for Moche palaces in the elite residences of the Huacas of Moche Site / Claude Chapdelaine -- Landscape of power : a network of palaces in middle horizon Peru / William H. Isbell -- Lords of the great house : Pueblo Bonito as a palace / Stephen H. Lekson -- Sacred and profane mountains of the Pasión : contrasting architectural paths to power / Arthur A. Demarest -- Political dimensions of monumental residences on the northwest coast of North America / Colin Grier -- Rising above : the elite acropolis of El Tajín / Patricia Joan Sarro -- The residence of power at Paso de la Amada, Mexico / Michael Blake [and others] -- When is a house a palace? : elite residences in the Valley of Oaxaca / Sarah B. Barber and Arthur A. Joyce -- Rulership and palaces at Teotihuacan / William T. Sanders and Susan Toby Evans -- Antecedents of the Aztec palace : palaces and political power in classic and postclassic Mexico / Susan Toby Evans -- Elite residences at Farfán : a comparison of the Chimú and Inka occupations / Carol Mackey -- Houses of political power among the ancient Maya and Inka / Jessica Joyce Christie -- Conclusions / William T. Sanders.
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JSTOR
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Palaces and power in the Americas.
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Chiefdoms-- America, Congresses.
Elite (Social sciences), Congresses.
Indian architecture, Congresses.
Indians-- Kings and rulers, Congresses.
Indians-- Politics and government, Congresses.
Power (Social sciences), Congresses.
Architecture indienne d'Amérique, Congrès.
Architecture précolombienne, Congrès.
Chefferie (Anthropologie)-- Amérique, Congrès.
Élite (Sciences sociales), Congrès.
Indiens d'Amérique-- Chefs, Congrès.
Indiens d'Amérique-- Politique et gouvernement, Congrès.
Indiens d'Amérique-- Rois et souverains, Congrès.