Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza: From Primordial Sea to Public Space

by Logan Wagner, Susan Kline Morehead, Hal Box

The plaza has been a defining feature of Mexican urban architecture and culture for at least 4,000 years. Ancient Mesoamericans conducted most of their communal life in outdoor public spaces, and today the plaza is still the public living room in every Mexican neighborhood, town, and city--the place where friends meet, news is shared, and personal and communal rituals and celebrations happen. The site of a community's most important architecture--church,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292719167
• ISBN13: 9780292719163
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.9" x 11.0"