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The pursuit of ruins : archaeology, history, and the making of modern Mexico
- Title
- The pursuit of ruins : archaeology, history, and the making of modern Mexico / Christina Bueno.
- Author
- Bueno, Christina, 1966-
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 267 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book, then, is essentially about objects. It examines how the ruins of the ancient Indians--monuments overtaken by nature and used by foreigners and local people for centuries--were transformed into museum pieces and official sites. It looks at the making of patrimony, how the pots and statues of the Toltecs, Aztecs, and many other ancient cultures became Mexican objects. It does not pretend to be an intellectual or institutional history of archaeology, nor a comprehensive history of the science. Instead, it focuses on archaeology's role in nation building during one of Mexico's pivotal regimes, a dictatorship that is often thought to have brought the country its first modern state. It explores the process of constructing an ancient patrimony and past--the Porfirian government's effort to cast a net over the pre-Hispanic remains and draw them into the fold of the state"--Introduction.
- Series Statement
- Diálogos series
- Uniform Title
- Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
- Subjects
- Mexico > Cultural policy
- Material culture > Political aspects > Mexico > History
- Nationalism > Mexico > History
- Mexico > Antiquities
- Mexico > Politics and government > 1867-1910
- Cultural property > Political aspects > Mexico > History
- Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915 > Influence
- Archaeology and history > Mexico
- Archaeology and state > Mexico > History
- Indians of Mexico > Antiquities
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part One. Ruins and meaning -- A day at the ruins -- Ruins and the state -- Part Two. The archaeologists -- The museum men -- El inspector -- Part Three. Making patrimony -- Guarding -- Inspecting -- Centralizing -- Reconstructing -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-13247
- ISBN
- 9780826357311
- 0826357318
- 9780826357328
- 0826357326
- LCCN
- 2015049831
- OCLC
- 940954459
- Author
- Bueno, Christina, 1966-
- Title
- The pursuit of ruins : archaeology, history, and the making of modern Mexico / Christina Bueno.
- Publisher
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Diálogos seriesDiálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Bueno, Christina, 1966- Pursuit of ruins. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016 9780826357335 (DLC) 2016009414
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-13247