| Ceramics and the Spanish Conquest: Response and Continuity of Indigenous Pottery Technology in Central Mexico Contributor(s): Hernández Sánchez, Gilda (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004204407 ISBN-13: 9789004204409 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $160.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico |
| Dewey: 972.01 |
| LCCN: 2011035865 |
| Series: Early Americas: History and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (1.15 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Spanish colonization dramatically interrupted the autonomous development of ancient Mesoamerican culture. Nevertheless, indigenous societies learnt to live with the conquest. It was not only a time of crisis, but also an extraordinarily creative time period in which material culture reflected indigenous peoples' varied responses and adaptations to the changing circumstances. This work presents insights into the process of cultural continuity and change in the indigenous world by focusing on pottery technology in the Nahua (Aztec) region of Central Mexico. The late pre-colonial, early colonial and present-day characteristics of this industry are explored in order to come to a renewed understanding of its long-term development. with a contribution by Iliana Yunuen Caloca Rhi |
