Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction
1. The Archaeology of Vernacular Architecture in the Pre-Columbian Americas
Christina T. Halperin & Lauren E. Schwartz
Part II. Building Buildings
2. Ethnoarchaeology and Archaeology of Vernacular Architecture in the Department of Tumbes, Peru
Jerry D. Moore
3. Traditional Architecture as Peopled Practice at Monte Viudo, Chachapoyas, Peru
Anna Guengerich
4. Vernacular Architecture of Southeast Mesoamerica: An Evaluation of Design Variations and Identity Expression from the Late and Terminal Classic Middle Chamelecón-Cacaulapa, Northwest Honduras
Lauren E. Schwartz
Part III. Structuring Structures
5. Vernacular vs. State Housing in the Wari Empire: Cosmological Clashes and Compromises
Donna Nash
6. Vernacular and Monumental Maya Architecture: Translations and Lost in Translation During the Terminal Classic period (ca. 800-950 CE)
Christina T. Halperin
Part IV. The Temporality of Vernacular Architecture
7. Building Cahokia: Transformation through Tradition
Susan M. Alt
8. The Living House: The Vernacular Architecture of Early Postclassic Xaltocan, Mexico
Kristin De Lucia
9. Vernacular Architecture in the Chacoan World
Kellam Throgmorton
Part V. Conclusion
10. Vernacular Architecture: Insights into Practice, Identity, and Relationships in Pre-Columbian Societies in the Americas
Julia A. Hendon