El fabuloso saqueo del cenote sagrado de Chichén Itzá / Pedro Castro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castro, Pedro, 1952- author.

Series:

Plural.

Plural

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thompson, Edward Herbert, 1860-1935.

Thompson, Edward Herbert.

Cultural property--Protection--Mexico.

Cultural property.

Mayas--Antiquities.

Mayas.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Yucatán (State)--History.

Excavations (Archaeology).

History.

Cultural property--Protection.

Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico).

Yucatán (Mexico : State)--History.

Yucatán (Mexico : State).

Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Antiquities.

Mexico--Yucatán (State).

Mexico.

Physical Description:

238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Primera edición.

Language Note:

In Spanish.

Summary:

The fabulous plundering of the sacred cenote of Chichén Itzá is about the predatory explorations of the American consul Edward H. Thompson in Yucatan, who since the late nineteenth century and entered the twenties, under the patronage of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University and other North American museums. The success of this adventure is evident in the illegal exit of around 30,000 archaeological pieces of various materials, without being detected during three decades, thanks to the complacency of President Porfirio Diaz, Governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto and other smaller officials. The government of President Plutarco Elías Calles filed civil and criminal charges against the American, but years later the Supreme Court decided to definitively protect Thompson's succession, sparing an attack on Mexico's cultural heritage. This book tells of the activities of the adventurer Thompson, the sponsorship of the Peabody Museum and the failed efforts of the Mexican archaeological authorities to get the pieces back to the country. The book includes a code to download an e-book.

Contents:

I. Thompson, su llegada a México y primeros trabajos

II. Chichén Itzá, el Cenote Sagrado y sus imaginarios

III. Una hacienda caída del cielo maya

IV. Una draga en el bosque tropical

V. Más secretos de la draga

VI. Santiago Bolio y la visita de Justo Sierra

VII. El cónsul pierde su puesto y continúa en el Cenote

VIII. El excónsul es ahora "arqueólogo" de tiempo completo

IX. Un incendio en la plantación

X. La apropiación simbólica del Estado posrevolucionario

XI. El proceso civil y penal contra Thompson

XII. Defensa y amparo federal para Thompson

Epílogo.

Notes:

"Plus e-book gratis"--Cover.

Access to a free e-book using a promotional code printed inside, hidden under scratch-off material.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-222) and index.

ISBN:

9786072807846

6072807844

9788416786329

8416786321

OCLC:

987268942