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Logan Wagner , Hal Box and Susan Kline Morehead

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Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Authors’ Note ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
Chapter One The Primordial Sea Forming Open Space in Mesoamerica 3
Chapter Two Forming Spanish Towns in Mesoamerican Culture 33
Chapter Three Sixteenth-Century Communal Open Spaces (Five Hundred Years Later) 61
Chapter Four Origins and Evolution 195
Epilogue Plazas in the Twenty-First Century 197
Appendix Measured Drawings: Plans of Towns 203
Notes 219
Glossary 229
Bibliography 233
Index 245

https://doi.org/10.7560/19163-toc

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Authors’ Note ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
Chapter One The Primordial Sea Forming Open Space in Mesoamerica 3
Chapter Two Forming Spanish Towns in Mesoamerican Culture 33
Chapter Three Sixteenth-Century Communal Open Spaces (Five Hundred Years Later) 61
Chapter Four Origins and Evolution 195
Epilogue Plazas in the Twenty-First Century 197
Appendix Measured Drawings: Plans of Towns 203
Notes 219
Glossary 229
Bibliography 233
Index 245

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