Author: Sebastián van Doesburg Publisher: Miguel Angel Porrua ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 238
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El primer tomo de esta obra contiene la reproduccin facsimilar de los cdices Porfirio Daz y Fernndez Leal, originarios de la regin cuicateca en Oaxaca y referidos a genealoga y herencia de la tierra. En el segundo tomo, el doctor Sebastian van Doesburg discute el desarrollo de estudios histricos mexicanos entre 1810 y 1911, as como el marco terico de los estudios iconolgicos actuales. Ms adelante analiza el autor el aspecto fsico y las modificaciones sufridas por ambos documentos; ofrece una resea crtica de los comentarios anteriores, la historia de los documentos y la de sus poseedores, intentando reconstruir el contexto original de esta informacin. / The first volume of this work contains a facsimile reproduction of the codex from Porfirio Diaz and Fernandez Leal, originals from the Cuicateca region of Oaxaca and referred to genealogy and land heritage. In the second volume, PhD Sebastian van Doesburg argues the development of Mexican historical studies between 1810 and 1911, as well as the theoretical frame of the current iconology studies. Further on, he analyzes the physical aspect and the modifications suffered by both documents; he offers a critical review of the previous commentaries, the history of the documents and the one of its possessors, trying to reconstruct the original context of this information.
Author: Sebastián van Doesburg Publisher: Miguel Angel Porrua ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 236
Book Description
El primer tomo de esta obra contiene la reproduccin facsimilar de los cdices Porfirio Daz y Fernndez Leal, originarios de la regin cuicateca en Oaxaca y referidos a genealoga y herencia de la tierra. En el segundo tomo, el doctor Sebastian van Doesburg discute el desarrollo de estudios histricos mexicanos entre 1810 y 1911, as como el marco terico de los estudios iconolgicos actuales. Ms adelante analiza el autor el aspecto fsico y las modificaciones sufridas por ambos documentos; ofrece una resea crtica de los comentarios anteriores, la historia de los documentos y la de sus poseedores, intentando reconstruir el contexto original de esta informacin. / The first volume of this work contains a facsimile reproduction of the codex from Porfirio Diaz and Fernandez Leal, originals from the Cuicateca region of Oaxaca and referred to genealogy and land heritage. In the second volume, PhD Sebastian van Doesburg argues the development of Mexican historical studies between 1810 and 1911, as well as the theoretical frame of the current iconology studies. Further on, he analyzes the physical aspect and the modifications suffered by both documents; he offers a critical review of the previous commentaries, the history of the documents and the one of its possessors, trying to reconstruct the original context of this information.
Author: Francesco Pellizzi Publisher: Peabody Museum Press ISBN: 0873657675 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 273
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Res is a journal of anthropology and comparative aesthetics dedicated to the study of the object, in particular cult and belief objects and objects of art. The journal presents contributions by philosophers, art historians, archaeologists, critics, linguists, architects, artists, among others.
Author: Jeremy D. Coltman Publisher: University Press of Colorado ISBN: 1607329549 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 422
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Approaching sorcery as highly rational and rooted in significant social and cultural values, Sorcery in Mesoamerica examines and reconstructs the original indigenous logic behind it, analyzing manifestations from the Classic Maya to the ethnographic present. While the topic of sorcery and witchcraft in anthropology is well developed in other areas of the world, it has received little academic attention in Mexico and Central America until now. In each chapter, preeminent scholars of ritual and belief ask very different questions about what exactly sorcery is in Mesoamerica. Contributors consider linguistic and visual aspects of sorcery and witchcraft, such as the terminology in Aztec semantics and dictionaries of the Kaqchiquel and K’iche’ Maya. Others explore the practice of sorcery and witchcraft, including the incorporation by indigenous sorcerers in the Mexican highlands of European perspectives and practices into their belief system. Contributors also examine specific deities, entities, and phenomena, such as the pantheistic Nahua spirit entities called forth to assist healers and rain makers, the categorization of Classic Maya Wahy (“co-essence”) beings, the cult of the Aztec goddess Cihuacoatl, and the recurring relationship between female genitalia and the magical conjuring of a centipede throughout Mesoamerica. Placing the Mesoamerican people in a human context—as engaged in a rational and logical system of behavior—Sorcery inMesoamerica is the first comprehensive study of the subject and an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Mesoamerican culture and religion. Contributors: Lilián González Chévez, John F. Chuchiak IV, Jeremy D. Coltman, Roberto Martínez González, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, Cecelia F. Klein, Timothy J. Knab, John Monaghan, Jesper Nielsen, John M. D. Pohl, Alan R. Sandstrom, Pamela Effrein Sandstrom, David Stuart
Author: Alex Hidalgo Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 147731752X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 185
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Trail of Footprints offers an intimate glimpse into the commission, circulation, and use of indigenous maps from colonial Mexico. A collection of one hundred, largely unpublished, maps from the late sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries made in the southern region of Oaxaca, anchors an analysis of the way ethnically diverse societies produced knowledge in colonial settings. Mapmaking, proposes Hidalgo, formed part of an epistemological shift tied to the negotiation of land and natural resources between the region’s Spanish, Indian, and mixed-race communities. The craft of making maps drew from social memory, indigenous and European conceptions of space and ritual, and Spanish legal practices designed to adjust spatial boundaries in the New World. Indigenous mapmaking brought together a distinct coalition of social actors—Indian leaders, native towns, notaries, surveyors, judges, artisans, merchants, muleteers, collectors, and painters—who participated in the critical observation of the region’s geographic features. Demand for maps reconfigured technologies associated with the making of colorants, adhesives, and paper that drew from Indian botany and experimentation, trans-Atlantic commerce, and Iberian notarial culture. The maps in this study reflect a regional perspective associated with Oaxaca’s decentralized organization, its strategic position amidst a network of important trade routes that linked central Mexico to Central America, and the ruggedness and diversity of its physical landscape.
Author: Katarzyna Mikulksa Publisher: University Press of Colorado ISBN: 1607329352 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 414
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Indigenous Graphic Communication Systems challenges the adequacy of Western academic views on what writing is and explores how they can be expanded by analyzing the sophisticated graphic communication systems found in Central Mesoamerica and Andean South America. By examining case studies from across the Americas, the authors pursue an enhanced understanding of Native American graphic communication systems and how the study of graphic expression can provide insight into ancient cultures and societies, expressed in indigenous words. Focusing on examples from Central Mexico and the Andes, the authors explore the overlap among writing, graphic expression, and orality in indigenous societies, inviting reevaluation of the Western notion that writing exists only to record language (the spoken chain of speech) as well as accepted beliefs of Western alphabetized societies about the accuracy, durability, and unambiguous nature of their own alphabetized texts. The volume also addresses the rapidly growing field of semasiography and relocates it more productively as one of several underlying operating principles in graphic communication systems. Indigenous Graphic Communication Systems reports new results and insights into the meaning of the rich and varied content of indigenous American graphic expression and culture as well as into the societies and cultures that produce them. It will be of great interest to Mesoamericanists, students, and scholars of anthropology, archaeology, art history, ancient writing systems, and comparative world history. The research for and publication of this book have been supported in part by the National Science Centre of Poland (decision no. NCN-KR-0011/122/13) and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Contributors: Angélica Baena Ramírez, Christiane Clados, Danièle Dehouve, Stanisław Iwaniszewski, Michel R. Oudijk, Katarzyna Szoblik, Loïc Vauzelle, Gordon Whittaker, Janusz Z. Wołoszyn, David Charles Wright-Carr
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