Vernacular architecture in the pre-Columbian Americas

Part I. Introduction

The archaeology of vernacular architecture in the pre-Columbian Americas / Christina T. Halperin & Lauren E. Schwartz

Part II. Building buildings

Ethnoarchaeology and archaeology of vernacular architecture in the Department of Tumbes, Peru / Jerry D. Moore

Traditional architecture as peopled practice at Monte Viudo, Chachapoyas, Peru / Anna Guengerich

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

Vernacular vs. state housing in the Wari Empire: cosmological clashes and compromises / Donna Nash

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

Building Cahokia: transformation through tradition / Susan M. Alt

The living house: the vernacular architecture of early postclassic Xaltocan, Mexico / Kristin De Lucia

Vernacular architecture in the Chacoan world / Kellam Throgmorton

Part V. Conclusion

Vernacular architecture: insights into practice, identity, and relationships in pre-Columbian societies in the Americas / Julia A. Hendon.