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Complementary Dualities: The Significance of East/West Architectural Difference in Paquimé

This thesis provides the first formal and phenomenological analysis of the architecture in Paquimé, otherwise known as Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. The eastern and western halves of the city are divided by a stone wall and reservoirs. The monuments on the east are rectilinear, puddled adobe structures used primarily for domestic and manufacturing purposes. The buildings on the west, on the other hand, are open earth mounds lined in stone for public displays. This thesis analyzes each building individually, the relationship of the structures to one another, and the entire layout of Paquimé in order to better understand Paquimian visual culture.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc4871
Date08 1900
CreatorsHughes, Delain
ContributorsSantina, Adrianne, Donahue-Wallace, Kelly, 1968-, Abel, Mickey S.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Hughes, Delain, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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