Bridging the gaps : integrating archaeology and history in Oaxaca, Mexico : a volume in memory of Bruce E. Byland / edited by Danny Zborover and Peter Kroefges.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zborover, Danny, editor.

Kroefges, Peter C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byland, Bruce E., 1950-2008.

Byland, Bruce E.

Archaeology and history--Mexico--Oaxaca (State).

Archaeology and history.

Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--Antiquities.

Oaxaca (Mexico : State).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bridging the Gaps: Integrating Archaeology and History in Oaxaca, Mexico does just that: it bridges the gap between archaeology and history of the Precolumbian, Colonial, and Republican eras of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, a cultural area encompassing several of the longest-enduring literate societies in the world.Fourteen case studies from an interdisciplinary group of archaeologists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and art historians consciously compare and contrast changes and continuities in material culture before and after the Spanish conquest, in Prehispanic and Colonial documents, and in oral traditions rooted in the present but reflecting upon the deep past. Contributors consider both indigenous and European perspectives while exposing and addressing the difficulties that arise from the application of this conjunctive approach.Inspired by the late Dr. Bruce E. Byland's work in the Mixteca, which exemplified the union of archaeological and historical evidence and inspired new generations of scholars, Bridging the Gaps promotes the practice of integrative studies to explore the complex intersections between social organization and political alliances, religion and sacred landscape, ethnic identity and mobility, colonialism and resistance, and territoriality and economic resources.

Contents:

From '1-eye' to Bruce Byland: literate societies and integrative approaches in Oaxaca / Danny Zborover

The convergence of history and archaeology in Mesoamerica / Ronald Spores

Bruce Edward Byland, Ph.D.: 1950-2008 / John M. D. Pohl

Multidisciplinary fieldwork in Oaxaca / Viola Konig

Mythstory and archaeology: of earth goddesses, weaving tools, and buccal masks / Geoffrey G. McCafferty and Sharisse D. McCafferty

Reconciling disparate evidence between the Mixtec historical codices and archaeology: the case of 'red and white bundle' and 'hill of the wasp' / Bruce E. Byland

Mixteca-puebla polychromes and the codices / Michael Lind

Pluri-ethnic Coixtlahuaca's long historical trajectory / Carlos Rincon Mautner

The archaeology and history of colonialism, culture contact, and indigenous cultural development at Teozacoalco, Mixteca Alta / Stephen L. Whittington and Andrew Workinger

Salt production and trade in the Mixteca Baja: the case of the Tonalo-Atoyac-Ihualtepec Salt Works / Bas van Doesburg and Ronald Spores

Integrating oral traditions and archaeological practice: the case of San Miguel el Grande / Liana I. Jimonez Osorio and Emmanuel Posselt Santoyo

Decolonizing historical archaeology in southern Oaxaca, and beyond / Danny Zborover

Prehispanic and colonial Chontal communities on the eastern Oaxaca coast on the eve of the Spanish conquest / Peter Kroefges

Locating the hidden transcripts of colonialism: archaeological and historical evidence from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec / Judith F. Zeitlin

Using nineteenth-century data in contemporary archaeological studies: the view from Oaxaca and Germany / Viola Konig and Adam Sellen.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781457193729

1457193728

9781607323297

160732329X

OCLC:

905784878