Covers colonial architecture in the two westernmost provinces of the Reino de Guatemala: Audiencia Capitania General -- a region largely isolated from the rest of Central America Mexico until recent times. The buildings of this region (known as Chiapas) reflect the soc. that produced them: the geographical setting, the conquest Christianization of the natives, the ethnic composition of the population. 47 buildings are discussed supported by material from contemporary sources as well as by photos measurements gathered on the sites. This catalog of archival texts will be useful not only to historians of art architecture, but also to archaeologists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians working in Chiapas. Photos drawings.
