In this book, Alexander Parmington combines an examination of space, access control, and sculptural themes and placement to propose how images and texts controlled movement in ClassicMaya cities. Using Palenque as a case study, this book analyzes specific building groups and corresponding sculptures to provide insight into the hierarchical distribution and use of ritual and administrative space in temple and palace architecture. Identifying which spaces were the most accessible and thereforemore public and which spaces weremore segregated and consequently more private, Dr. Alexander Parmington demonstrates how sculp- tural, iconographic, and hieroglyphic content varies considerably when found in public/common or private/elite space. Drawing on specific examples from the Classic Maya and.
