Main entry:

Kowalski, Jeff Karl, 1951-

Title & Author:

The House of the Governor : a Maya palace at Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico / by Jeff Karl Kowalski.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©1987.

Description:

xx, 298 pages : illustrations, maps, tables ; 29 cm.

Series:

The Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 176

Notes:
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale, 1981.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.
History and function. Location and general description ; Historiography of Uxmal and the House of the Governor ; Puuc chronology and the dating of the House of the Governor ; Uxmal and the Xiu ; A historical interpretation of the inscriptions of Uxmal ; Function of the House of the Governor -- Architecture. Construction ; Plan and massing ; Visual and proportional effects -- Architectural sculpture. Human figural sculpture ; Mask panels ; Step-frets ; Latticework ; Bicephalic jaguar throne -- Appendix. Summary of Mexican archaeological activities and reconstruction at Uxmal and the House of the Governor.

ISBN:

0806120355 (alk. paper)
9780806120355 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Governor's Palace (Uxmal Site, Mexico)
Maya architecture.
Architecture maya.
15.85 history of America.
Precolumbiaans tijdperk.
Maya's.
Bouwkunst.
Architecture maya Mexique Uxmal.
Uxmal Site (Mexico)
Uxmal (Mexique : Site archéologique)
Mexico Uxmal Site.
Uxmal (Mexique ; site archéologique) Palacio del Gobernador.
Uxmal Palast des Gouverneurs.
01030 Mexico p1030 Vxmal p1030 palaces Maya 21030 archaeological investigation
Governor's House (Uxmal Site, Mexico)
Indians of Mexico Antiquities
Mayas Antiquities
Mexico Antiquities

Added entries:

Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 176.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 3733
Call No.: ID:87-B11913
Status: Available