Une frontière en mouvement : espace public, espace privé dans les cités mayas (Basses Terres centrales et méridionales)

This article discusses the internal organization of Classic Maya monumental centers through an innovative approach. It aims at distinguishing pattern of spatial interaction characterized by the contact of two categories of spaces, the ones public and the others private, a more efficient opposition t...

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Main Author: Damien Bazy
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Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2013-12-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/12843
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description This article discusses the internal organization of Classic Maya monumental centers through an innovative approach. It aims at distinguishing pattern of spatial interaction characterized by the contact of two categories of spaces, the ones public and the others private, a more efficient opposition than the old politico-religious/residential dichotomy. This change of paradigm in the study of Classic Maya city urbanism opens a broad scope of issues concerning the nature of superior authority and the ways of its establishment. The analysis identifies discontinuities that separate public from private spaces, as well as continuities applying the notion of « thick boundaries ». The « political narratives » produced by the synchronic and diachronic analysis of the site maps for selected cities contribute more broadly to the research on Classic urbanism in the Central-Southern Lowland Classic Maya cities.
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Une frontière en mouvement : espace public, espace privé dans les cités mayas (Basses Terres centrales et méridionales)
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
frontier
public space
private space
urbanism
Maya cities
Central and Southern Maya Lowlands
title Une frontière en mouvement : espace public, espace privé dans les cités mayas (Basses Terres centrales et méridionales)
title_full Une frontière en mouvement : espace public, espace privé dans les cités mayas (Basses Terres centrales et méridionales)
title_fullStr Une frontière en mouvement : espace public, espace privé dans les cités mayas (Basses Terres centrales et méridionales)
title_full_unstemmed Une frontière en mouvement : espace public, espace privé dans les cités mayas (Basses Terres centrales et méridionales)
title_short Une frontière en mouvement : espace public, espace privé dans les cités mayas (Basses Terres centrales et méridionales)
title_sort une frontiere en mouvement espace public espace prive dans les cites mayas basses terres centrales et meridionales
topic frontier
public space
private space
urbanism
Maya cities
Central and Southern Maya Lowlands
url https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/12843
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