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Architectural energetics in archaeology : analytical expansions and global explorations / edited by Leah McCurdy and Elliot M. Abrams.

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"Archaeologists and the public at large have long been fascinated by monumental architecture built by past societies. Whether considering the earthworks in the Ohio Valley or the grandest pyramids in Egypt and Mexico, people have been curious as to how pre-modern societies with limited technolo...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: McCurdy, Leah (Editor), Abrams, Elliot Marc, 1954- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Subjects:
Architecture, Ancient.
Architecture, Prehistoric.
Social archaeology.
Archaeology > Methodology.
Table of Contents:
  • Massive assumptions and moundbuilders : the history, method, and relevance of architectural energetics / Elliot M. Abrams and Leah McCurdy
  • Built environments and social organizations : a comparative view from Asia / Nam C. Kim and Jina Heo
  • Pharaonic power and architectural labor investment at the Karnak Temple complex, Egypt / Megan Drennan and Michael J. Kolb
  • An energetics approach to the construction of the Heuneburg : thoughts on Celtic labor cost choices / François Remise
  • To house and defend : the application of architectural energetics to southeast Archaic Greek Sicily / Jerrad Lancaster
  • Labor mobilization and medieval castle construction in at Salemi, Western Sicily / Michael J. Kolb, Scott Detrich Kirk, and William M. Balco
  • Labor recruitment among tribal societies : an architectural energetic analysis of Serpent Mound, Ohio / Jamie L. Davis, Jarrod Burks, and Elliot M. Abrams
  • The energetics of earthen landscape modification : an assessment of an emerging Mississippian polity / Cameron H. Lacquement
  • Dual labor organization models for the construction of monumental architecture in a corporate society / Anthony James DeLuca
  • Peopling monuments : virtual energetics and labor impact analysis of monumental construction at Xunantunich, Belize / Leah McCurdy
  • A construction management approach to building the monumental adobe ciudadelas at Chan Chan, Peru / Richard L. Smailes
  • Towards a multiscalar comparative approach to power relations : political dimensions of urban construction at Teotihuacan and Copan / Tatsuya Murakami
  • The future of architectural energetics in 2D and 3D / Leah McCurdy and Elliot M. Abrams.

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