Domestic architecture and power : the historical archaeology of colonial Ecuador / Ross W. Jamieson.
This volume is a study of the power relationships inherent in domestic architecture and household material culture that were essential to the maintenance of the Spanish colonial empire. Using the household spatial patterning, furnishings, and personal belongings of residents of the highland city of...
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Kluwer Academic Publishers,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Power, colonialism, and domestic life: Andean colonial archaeology ; House and social relations ; What do colonial houses mean? ; Power and practice.
- 2. The history of Cuenca: A history of Inka Tumipampa ; From the Spanish foundation of Cuenca to the Toledan reforms ; The town and the countryside ; Toledan Cuenca ; From the Alcabala Revolt to the viceroyalty of New Granada ; New Granada ; The Bourbon period and independence ; Gran Colombia and the Industrial Revolution.
- 3. The domestic architecture of colonial Cuenca: The gridiron town ; Domestic architecture in the Spanish colonial city ; Vernacular versus formal domestic architecture ; Collecting rafters in the waning moon ; Colonial houses in the urban core ; A note on architectural recording ; The house of the three patios ; The owners in the urban core ; Outside the grid: other urban neighborhoods ; La casa de Las Posadas: a colonial "inn" on the edge of the city ; The riverside neighborhood of Todos Santos ; The Todos Santos houses.
- 4. The rural architecture surrounding Cuenca: Andean vernacular: Huasiyuc and thatch roofs ; Yanuncay ; Cachaulo ; Conclusions.
- 5. Excavations: Cachaulo ; Hacienda Yanuncay Grande ; Summary of rural excavations ; Urban excavations ; Pumapungo ; The central drugstore: 9-20 and 9-38 Calle Bolívar ; The central drugstore: the colonial context ; Urban excavations summary ; Comparison to other New World Spanish sites.
- 6. The domestic material culture of colonial Cuenca: Domestic material culture in the Spanish colonial world ; The notarial documents ; Clothing and jewelry ; Furniture ; Tablewares ; Ceramics.
- 7. Conclusions: Colonial categories ; The urban ; The edges of the Traza ; The rural ; The threat of modernization.