Mexico-Tenochtitlan : dynamism at the center of the world / Barbara E. Mundy, Leonardo López Luján, Elizabeth Hill Boone, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Dumbarton Oaks, host institution.

Mundy, Barbara E., editor.

López Luján, Leonardo, editor.

Boone, Elizabeth Hill, editor.

Conference Name:

Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium "Tenochtitlan: Imperial Ideologies on Display" (2022 : Washington, D.C. ; Online)

Series:

Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia.

Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Mexico City.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Aztecs--Mexico--Mexico City.

Aztecs.

Templo Mayor (Mexico City, Mexico).

Mexico City (Mexico)--History.

Mexico City (Mexico).

Mexico City (Mexico)--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

viii, 327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D. C. : Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, [2025]

Summary:

"Tenochtitlan enjoyed a meteoric rise to power beginning in the thirteenth century, when its leaders transformed it into the political, economic, and spiritual center of the Mexica. Even after its rulership was decapitated following the Spanish invasion of 1519-1521, the city (rechristened Mexico City) remained a dynamic urban center. Mexico-Tenochtitlan: Dynamism at the Center of the World looks anew at the reasons for the city's rapid consolidation and enduring status as an imperial capital. Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlan, the thirteen chapters of this volume highlight recent discoveries brought to light by archeological and archival research; discuss excavations of offerings, burials, and skull racks as the physical residue of ephemeral performances; and examine sculptures, manuscripts, ritual objects, and luxury items as indices of artistic production and imperial ideologies. By highlighting continuities against the backdrop of regime change, particularly in the Indigenous sphere and among Indigenous actors, these chapters, written by archaeologists, art historians, object conservators, and a historian, enable us to see how phenomena forged in the pre-Hispanic period were carried across the sixteenth century. Tracing continuities across time allows us to capture a little of the early dynamism that continues to mark Mexico City"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Barbara E. Mundy, Leonardo López Luján, and Elizabeth Hill Boone

The Proyecto Templo Mayor and the state of the art of archeology in the historic center of Mexico City / Leonardo López Luján

The Huei Tzompantli of Tenochtitlan and the agenda of the Mexica State / Lorena Vázquez Vallin and Raúl Barrera Rodríguez

Violence on display: human and animal sacrifice / Ximena Chávez Balderas

Hands (and hearts) on the job: new visions from the master plan of Tenochtitlan / Michelle De Anda Rogel, Saburo Sugiyama, and Leonardo López Luján

Imperial policies in sumptuary object production: shell objects in Tenochca offerings / Adrián Velázquez Castro

Iridescent feathers with shining gold: approaching meaning and ritual performance through materiality, technology, and technoeconomics / Laura Filloy Nadal and María Olvido Moreno Guzmán

Tlazohtli, Mahuiztic: aesthetic value in Nahua luxury / Allison Caplan

The indigenous side of Spanish colonial display / Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría

The performance of maps in sixteenth-century Mexico-Tenochtitlan / Barbara E. Mundy

The object in and out of time: sculptural reuse in Mexico City / Sara Ryu

The Coyolxauhqui and the rise in Aztec studies: advances in research on the Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, and the Aztec empire / Elizabeth Hill Boone

Tenochtitlan and Constantinople: crafting a ritual center / Robert G. Ousterhout.

Notes:

"Volume based on papers presented at the Pre-Columbian Studies symposium 'Tenochtitlan: Imperial Ideologies on Display,' held at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., on April 8-9, 2022"--Title page verso.

"The symposium was the first one held in a hybrid format, as it occurred during the COVID pandemic, which continued to determine the circumstances of who could travel to Washington, D.C., and who had to join us virtually. Live-streamed from the Oak Room, the symposium reached a large number of attendees across the globe, who engaged with the speakers and the small onsite audience."--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780884025221

0884025225

OCLC:

1452732413

Publisher Number:

90101145840