Ceramics and the Spanish Conquest

Ceramics and the Spanish Conquest

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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 in...

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Main Author: Hernández Sánchez, Gilda (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Leiden-Boston Brill 2012
Series:Early Americas: History and Culture 2
Subjects:
Mexico
History
material culture
colonial ceramics
spanish conquest
ceramic technology
colonial mesoamerica
cultural continuity
ethnographic ceramics
colonialism
ceramics
Aztecs
Clay
Pottery
Pre-Columbian era
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census
Valley of Mexico
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (252 p.)
ISBN:OAPEN_402000
9789004217454
Access:Open Access

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