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The Pursuit of Ruins : Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico /
"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 st...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.