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architectural energetics: a standalone construct

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Archaeology

the estimation of the labour cost of buildings from the work needed to procure, transport and assemble materials, used as a measure of social power.

In archaeology, architectural energetics refers to the estimation of the labour cost of buildings from the work needed to procure, transport and assemble materials, used as a measure of social power. This meaning comes from Abrams (1994) in How the Maya Built Their World.[1]

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Abrams, E. M. (1994). How the Maya Built Their World. University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/704619

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