- Subjects
- Published
-
Gainesville :
University Press of Florida
[2013]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- x, 225 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780813042466
- Introduction: Through the eyes of an architect
- 1. Simple principles of Maya architecture
- 2. Essence of Maya architecture: What remains? What it might have been? What it must have been
- 3. Manifestations of Maya architecture
- 4. Building materials
- 5. Building types
- 6. The Maya city
- 7. The Maya collapse
- 8. Oh, the wonder of it all
- 9. The legacy
- 10. The cities: Olmec
- Palenque
- Sayil
- Labná
- Uxmal
- Copán
- Chichen Itzá
- Tikal, Kabáh, and Dzibilchaltún
- The contemporary Maya world.