Mexico-Tenochtitlan

Dynamism at the Center of the World
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-88402-522-1
Verlag: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 220 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 1294 g

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia

Tenochtitlan enjoyed a meteoric rise to power beginning in the fourteenth century, when its leaders transformed it into the political, economic, and spiritual center of the Mexica. Even after its rulership was decapitated following the Spanish invasion of 1519–1521, the city (rechristened Mexico City) remained a dynamic urban center. Mexico-Tenochtitlan: Dynamism at the Center of the World looks anew at the reasons for the city’s rapid consolidation and enduring status as an imperial capital. Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlan, the thirteen chapters of this volume highlight recent discoveries brought to light by archaeological and archival research; discuss excavations of offerings, burials, and skull racks as the physical residue of ephemeral performances; and examine sculptures, manuscripts, ritual objects, and luxury items as indices of artistic production and imperial ideologies. By setting continuities against the backdrop of regime change, particularly in the Indigenous sphere and among Indigenous actors, these chapters, written by archaeologists, art historians, and object conservators enable us to see how phenomena forged in the pre-Hispanic period were carried across the sixteenth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mundy, Barbara E.

López Luján, Leonardo

Boone, Elizabeth Hill

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Boone, Elizabeth Hill
Elizabeth Hill Boone was Director of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks and teaches art history at Tulane University.

López Luján, Leonardo
Leonardo López Luján is the Director of the Proyecto Templo Mayor in Mexico City, and senior researcher at Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico City.

Mundy, Barbara E.
Barbara E. Mundy is the Donald and Martha Robertson Chair in Latin American Art History at Tulane University.