Mesoamerican earthen architecture: a pre-columbian heritage in need of reassessment

Archaeological evidence supports the existence of a vigorous and millenary earthen architecture in the Mesoamerican cultural area; as it has been barely studied, it’s mostly ignored. And yet, it precedes and is the prototype for stone architecture, and continues alongside it, at least until the Span...

Mô tả đầy đủ

Đã lưu trong:
Chi tiết về thư mục
Tác giả chính: Daneels, Annick; Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Ave. Universidad, 3000, Colonia Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán. (04510) Ciudad de México
Định dạng: Online
Ngôn ngữ:spa
Được phát hành: Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas “Mario J. Buschiazzo” 2018
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.iaa.fadu.uba.ar/ojs/index.php/anales/article/view/281
Các nhãn: Thêm thẻ
Không có thẻ, Là người đầu tiên thẻ bản ghi này!
Miêu tả
Tóm tắt:Archaeological evidence supports the existence of a vigorous and millenary earthen architecture in the Mesoamerican cultural area; as it has been barely studied, it’s mostly ignored. And yet, it precedes and is the prototype for stone architecture, and continues alongside it, at least until the Spanish Conquest. The original building systems seem to come from South America, both the mound-building from the Atlantic side and planoconvex mud-bricks from the Pacific Andean side. Then the architecture evolves creatively in the lowlands first, then in the highlands, with mold-made rectangular mud-bricks used to build grids of walls to partition architectural fill, innovations apparently later adopted by the south. The lack of recognition leaves the sites vulnerable. This article summarizes the evidence as an appeal for increased scientific research to promote knowledge and consequently adequate protection and conservation of this pre-Columbian architectural heritage.