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How the Maya built their world : energetics and ancient architecture
- Title
- How the Maya built their world : energetics and ancient architecture / Elliot M. Abrams.
- Author
- Abrams, Elliot Marc, 1954-
- Publication
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | AA780 C79 Ab83 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 176 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background to Architectural Energetics at Copan -- 3. Maya Architectural Forms -- 4. The Energetics of Construction -- 5. Costs and the Construction Process -- 6. Energetics and the Hierarchy of Social Power -- 7. The Organization of Construction Labor -- 8. Architecture and Economics -- 9. Conclusions -- Appendix A. Costs per Task per Structure -- Appendix B. Reuse Savings.
- ISBN
- 0292704615 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0292704623 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 93047995
- OCLC
- 29564628
- ocm29564628
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries