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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hernández Sánchez, Gilda.

Series:

Early Americas ; v. 2.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian pottery--Mexico.

Indian pottery.

Indians of Mexico--Material culture.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.

Pottery craft--Mexico--History.

Pottery craft.

Mexico--Antiquities.

Mexico.

Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Conquest of Mexico (1519-1540).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, c2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-35679-1

9786613356796

90-04-21745-2

OCLC:

777854566

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004217454 DOI

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access