The absent stone : Mexican patrimony and the aftershocks of state theft / Sandra Rozental.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rozental, Sandra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico).

Archaeological thefts--Mexico--Coatlinchán.

Archaeological thefts.

Aztec sculpture--Mexico--Coatlinchán.

Aztec sculpture.

Indian sculpture--Mexico--Coatlinchán.

Indian sculpture.

Aztec sculpture--Mexico--Mexico City.

Indian sculpture--Mexico--Mexico City.

Tlaloc (Aztec deity).

Aztec gods.

Mexico--Antiquities.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham ; and London : Duke University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"The Absent Stone centers around the Tlaloc Monolith-the largest monolithic stone sculpture in Mesoamerica -and its forceful relocation from San Miguel Coatlinchan to Mexico City in 1964. Sandra Rozental documents the history of this stone's theft and uses ethnography to engage its lingering presence and generative aftershocks in Coatlinchan. The book moves critical work on monuments and museum collections beyond the language of law, heritage and cultural property, revealing the ecological and telluric relations of care, belonging and connection that bind people and things to the places they inhabit. Rozental makes visible the fraught relationship between patrimony, nationalism, territory, memory, and materiality in Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A Curious Thing

Engineering Transfer

Theft

Scars

Treasure

Replicas

Watershed

Conclusion: #TlalocDevuelta.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 255-282) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rozental, Sandra. Absent stone.

ISBN:

9781478033127

1478033126

9781478029663

1478029668

OCLC:

1527148877

Publisher Number:

90104338779