Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza: From Primordial Sea to Public Space

Authors' Note; Acknowledgments; Introduction One. The Primordial Sea: Forming Open Space in Mesoamerica; Two. Forming Spanish Towns in Mesoamerican Culture; Three. Sixteenth-Century Communal Open Spaces (Five Hundred Years Later); Four. Origins and Evolution; Epilogue: Plazas in the Twenty-first Century Appendix - Measured Drawings: Plans of Towns; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index