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Record Nr.

UNISA996217915703316

Autore

Hernández Sánchez Gilda

Titolo

Ceramics and the Spanish conquest [[electronic resource] ] : response and continuity of Indigenous pottery technology in central Mexico / / by Gilda Hernández Sánchez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Brill, c2012

ISBN

1-283-35679-1

9786613356796

90-04-21745-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The early Americas : history and culture, , 1875-3264 ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

972/.01

Soggetti

Indian pottery - Mexico

Indians of Mexico - Material culture

Indians of Mexico - Antiquities

Pottery craft - Mexico - History

History

Mexico Antiquities

Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540

Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Archaeology of Colonialism -- The Study of Material Culture -- Ceramic-Making before the Conquest -- Ceramic-Making in Early Colonial Times -- Ceramic-Making at Present -- Ceramics, Cultural Continuity and Social Change -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Spanish colonization dramatically interrupted the autonomous development of ancient Mesoamerican culture. Nevertheless, indigenous societies learnt to live with the conquest. It was not only a time of crisis, but also an extraordinarily creative time period in which material culture reflected indigenous peoples’ varied responses and adaptations to the changing circumstances. This work presents insights into the process of cultural continuity and change in the indigenous



world by focusing on pottery technology in the Nahua (Aztec) region of Central Mexico. The late pre-colonial, early colonial and present-day characteristics of this industry are explored in order to come to a renewed understanding of its long-term development. with a contribution by Iliana Yunuen Caloca Rhi