In the shadow of El Tajín : the political economy of archaeology in modern Mexico / Sam Holley-Kline.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holley-Kline, Sam, Author.

Series:

Confluencias (Lincoln, Neb.)

Confluencias

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico).

Totonac Indians--Social conditions.

Totonac Indians.

Archaeology and state--Mexico.

Archaeology and state.

Natural resources--Mexico--Management.

Natural resources.

Tajín Site (Mexico).

Tajín (Mexico)--Social conditions.

Tajín (Mexico).

Tajín (Mexico)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xvii, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Political economy of archaeology in modern Mexico

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Sam Holley-Kline draws on the insights of the Indigenous Totonac subjects who have lived and worked in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of El Tajín to analyze historical processes rarely considered relative to archaeology but that interlocutors recognize as constitutive of the archaeological site and regional historical memory"-- Provided by publisher.

"Located in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El Tajín is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and national symbol. The Indigenous Totonac residents of the region know well that the site's relative absence from discussions of global archaeology and heritage belies a century of wide-ranging labor, extractive industries, and commodity exchange. Drawing on ethnographic interviews and rarely consulted administrative archives, In the Shadow of El Tajín tells the story of how a landscape of ancient mounds and ruins became an archaeological site, brings to light the network of actors who made it happen, and reveals the Indigenous histories silenced in the process. By drawing on the insights of Indigenous Totonac peoples who have lived and worked in El Tajín for more than a century, Sam Holley-Kline explores historical processes that made both the archaeological site and regional historical memory. In the Shadow of El Tajín decenters discussions of the state and tourism industry by focusing on the industries and workers who are integral to the functioning of the site but who have historically been overlooked by studies of the ancient past. Holley-Kline recovers local Indigenous histories in dialogue with broader trends in scholarship to demonstrates the rich recent past of El Tajín, a place better known for its ancient history."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Lands : Public Pyramids, Private Parcels

Oil : Practical Entanglements, Cumulative Contamination

Vanilla : Violence and Temporality

Wage Labor : From Subsistence Farming to Archaeology

Custodios : Cohorts and Histories of Labor

Experts : Precarity and Opportunity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496234629

1496234626

9781496244420

1496244427

OCLC:

1533962416