Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico

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  • Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico Book Detail

  • Author : Sidney David Markman
  • Release Date : 1984
  • Publisher : American Philosophical Society
  • Genre : Architecture
  • Pages : 482
  • ISBN 13 : 9780871691538
  • File Size : 86,86 MB
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Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman PDF Summary

Book Description: Covers colonial architecture in the two westernmost provinces of the Reino de Guatemala: Audiencia & Capitania General -- a region largely isolated from the rest of Central America & Mexico until recent times. The buildings of this region (known as Chiapas) reflect the soc. that produced them: the geographical setting, the conquest & Christianization of the natives, & the ethnic composition of the population. 47 buildings are discussed supported by material from contemporary sources as well as by photos & measurements gathered on the sites. This catalog of archival texts will be useful not only to historians of art & architecture, but also to archaeologists, anthropologists, & ethnohistorians working in Chiapas. Photos & drawings.

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