Landscape And Power In Ancient Mesoamerica

Contents
Maps, Tables, and Illustrations
Foreword: Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica
Preface
1 The Cultural Poetics of Power and Space in Ancient Mesoamerica
	Defining Cultural Poetics
	Aesthetics
	Style
	The Structure of Power
	The Cultural Poetics of Space
	Space, Power, and Poetics in Practice
	El Tajin
	The Ritual of Raising the Banners
2 What the Heck\'s Coatépec? The Formative Roots of an Enduring Mythology
	Myth and Context
	The Structures of Myth
3 Procession Rituals and Shrine Sites: The Politics of Sacred Space In the Late Formative Valley of Oaxaca
	Rituals of Procession
	Procession and Rainfall
	Shrine Sites
	Pre-Hispanic Processionals, Shrine Sites, and Politics: Dainzú
	Shrine Sites and Sacred Geography: Monte Albán
	Sacred Space and Politics: The Danzantes of Mante Albán and Dainzú Ballplayers
4 Sacred Geography at Izapa and the Performance of Rulership
	The Landscape of Creation
	The Performance of Rulership: Plaza Group A
	Centering Rulership in the Cosmic Environment: Plaza Group B
	Ritual Circuits and the Choreography of Creation
5 Dance Performances at Quiriguá
	Ancient Maya Dance Performance
	Dance Iconography at Quirigá
	Platform 1A-1 as Performance Space
6 The Poetics of Power and Knowledge at La Venta
7 Merging Myth and Politics: The Three Temple Complex at Teotihuacan
	Mesoamerica and the Myth of the Three Stones of Creation
	Teotihuacan and the Three Mountains
	The Three Temple Complex
	The Three Temples of Atetelco
	Political Structure and the Three Stones of Creation
8 A Model for Late Classic Community Structure at Copán, Honduras
	Sculptural Analysis
	Maya Community Structure
	Concentric Ring Mode of Community Structure
	Four Quarters Model of Community Structure
	A Model of Late Classic Community Structure for Copán
	Structure 10L-22A and Late Classic Community Structure
	Social, Political and Cosmological Implications of the Popol Na
9 The Form of Power: The Architectural Meaning of Building a of El Tajín
	El Tajín in Time and Space
	Reading the Visual Text
	The Ritual Ball Game Cycle: Warfare, Sacrifice, and Rulership
	Tajín Chico: An Elite Acropolis
	Reading the Forms of Mesoamerican Architecture
	Building A: A Cosmic Map
	Building A: Ritual Reference or Ceremonial Space?
10 Political Rhetoric and the Unification of Natural Geography, Cosmic Space, and Gender Spheres
11 Mountain of Heaven, Mountain of Earth: The Great Pyramid of Cholula as Sacred Landscape
	Cholula and the Great Pyramid
	Artistic Program of the Great Pyramid
	The Patio of the Altars Complex
	The Great Pyramid in the Late Postclassic Period
	Conclusions and Speculation
12 A Sense of Place at Chichén Itzá
	The Politics and Poetics of Space
	Chichén Itzá and the Late Maya World
	The Settlement of Chichén Itzá
	Writing and Identity at Chichén Itzá
	Design and Ritual
Index