Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the Northwest Coast Book

Pt. 1	Identification of places	21
1	Looking for Moche palaces in the elite residences of the Huacas of Moche site	23
2	Landscape of power : a network of palaces in middle horizon Peru	44
3	Lords of the great house : Pueblo Bonito as a palace	99
Pt. 2	Palaces as active stage sets of political ideology	115
4	Sacred and profane mountains of the Pasion : contrasting architectural paths of power	117
5	Political dimensions of monumental residences on the northwest coast of North America	141
6	Rising above : the elite Acropolis of El Tajin	166
Pt. 3	Correspondences between material aspects of elite residences and social status	189
7	The residence of power at Paso de la Amada, Mexico	191
8	When is a house of place? : elite residences in the valley of Oaxaca	211
9	Rulership and palaces at Teotihuacan	256
10	Antecedents of the Aztec palace : palaces and political power in classic and postclassic Mexico	285
Pt. 4	Comparison of palaces across cultures	311
11	Elite residences at Farfan : a comparison of the Chimu and Inka occupations	313
12	Houses of political power among the ancient Maya and Inka	353