Facing the Ancestor: Images and Discourses of Power in the Kohunlich Built Environment
Abstract
The incorporation of sculptural programs in Maya architecture is an evidence of the importance of images in meaning production within the built environment. The study cases of this research are the masks of Building A1 (Temple of the Masks) and the roofcomb of Building B4 (Palace of the Stelae) in Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Both provide important information about the behavior of the images in the public space and their complementation with other components of the environment in generating messages related to the ideological sustenance of power, the sacralized royal image and the basic religious concepts of government.
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