Les centres publics des sites urbains du Malpaís de Zacapu, Michoacán, Mexique. Exemples d’espaces hiérarchisés ou hiérarchisants ?

Marion Forest (1)

1 ArchAm - Archéologie des Amériques

"The pre-Tarascan urban complex of the Malpaís of Zacapu (1250-1500 A. D.), located in the actual state of Michoacán, Mexico, presents numerous civic-ceremonial areas, formed by diagnostic structures like pyramidal-bases, places, altars and several important residential-type buildings named “great houses”. These public areas and their components are, as religious and political supports of power, a fundamental element of space and social structure. They have to be meticulously examined in order to understand the social and political context of the early formative Tarascan state. But in spite of the components’ similarity, the organization of these areas doesn’t seem to follow a clear and systematic model. This study will attempt to determine some of the implantation tendencies of these centers, by exploring and comparing different examples, particularly those from the archaeological settlements of the Malpaís Prieto. Such tendencies, if they exist, will give us the first keys to understanding the structural part of the public areas in the setting of a social and political urban space." (source éditeur) Lecture en ligne ici : https://books.openedition.org/psorbonne/5686

Mots clés: Tarascans; urban settlement; urbanization; spatial analysis; civic-ceremonial center; public area; pyramid; ranked society; housing

Mots clés: Tarasques; établissement urbain; urbanisation; analyse spatiale; centre civico-cérémoniel; zone publique; pyramide; places; société hiérarchisée; élite; habitat

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Marion Forest. Les centres publics des sites urbains du Malpaís de Zacapu, Michoacán, Mexique. Exemples d’espaces hiérarchisés ou hiérarchisants ?. Olivier Brunet, Charles-Édouard Sauvin. Les marqueurs archéologiques du pouvoir, 4, pp.287-308, 2013, Archéo Doct. ⟨hal-01904783⟩