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Space and Cosmology in Four Regions by srdjan is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses how indigenous peoples in four regions - Mesoamerica, Northern Mexico, the U.S. Southeast, and the U.S. Southwest - shaped built spaces and landscapes according to their local cosmologies. People conceived of the cosmos as controlled by celestial deities and shaped spaces, including architecture, to collaborate with these deities and assure environmental and social stability. Architectural forms sometimes changed when contradicted by social or environmental circumstances, registering
- Author
- srdjan
- Language
- EN