Ceramics and the Spanish conquest : response and continuity of indigenous pottery technology in central Mexico /

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Main Authors: Hernández Sánchez, Gilda, Hernández Sánchez, Gilda
Corporate Author: George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Brill, ©2012
Leiden : Boston : 2012
Leiden ; Boston : 2012
Boston : [2012]
Series:Early Americas ; v. 2
Early Americas: history and culture vol.2
Early Americas: history and culture v. 2
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Table of Contents:
  • Archaeology of colonialism
  • The study of material culture
  • Ceramic-making before the conquest
  • Ceramic-making in early colonial times
  • Ceramic-making at present
  • Ceramics, cultural continuity and social change
  • Cultural continuity
  • note on some terms used
  • Organization of this work
  • I Archaeology of Colonialism
  • Colonies, colonization and colonialism
  • Post-colonial thinking
  • Hybridity and hybridization
  • Archaeology of colonialism
  • archaeology of colonialism in Mesoamerica
  • II. Study of Material Culture
  • study of material culture
  • Change in material culture
  • method to study change in material culture
  • Conservatism of potters
  • Change and continuity in pottery-making
  • Summary
  • III. Ceramic-Making before the Conquest
  • Sources to study late pre-colonial ceramics
  • Organization of ceramic production
  • impact of the Aztec empire on ceramic-making
  • Ceramics as ritual objects and media of literacy
  • Summary
  • IV. Ceramic-Making in Early Colonial Times
  • Sources to study early colonial ceramics
  • Organization of ceramic production
  • impact of the Spanish ceramic technology
  • Ceramics as indices of cultural affiliation in early colonial central Mexico
  • Early colonial ceramics in central Mexico
  • V. Ceramic-Making at Present
  • Sources to study present-day ceramics
  • Organization of ceramic production
  • environmental impact of ceramic-making
  • Impact of institutional programs to stimulate ceramic-making
  • Present-day ceramics in central Mexico
  • VI. Ceramics, Cultural Continuity and Social Change
  • development of ceramic-making during early colonial times
  • development of ceramic-making at present
  • Ceramics and cultural continuity
  • role of material culture in the process of colonization
  • Reactions of Mesoamerican potters to the colonization
  • prospects for ceramic-making.