Title The pursuit of ruins : archaeology, history, and the making of modern Mexico / Christina Bueno

Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 267 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Diálogos series Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.) Contents A day at the ruins -- Ruins and the state -- The museum men -- El inspector -- Guarding -- Inspecting -- Centralizing -- Reconstructing Summary "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 statues of the Toltecs, Aztecs, and many other ancient cultures became Mexican objects. It does not pretend to be an intellectual or institutional history of archaeology, nor a comprehensive history of the science. Instead, it focuses on archaeology's role in nation building during one of Mexico's pivotal regimes, a dictatorship that is often thought to have brought the country its first modern state. It explores the process of constructing an ancient patrimony and past--the Porfirian government's effort to cast a net over the pre-Hispanic remains and draw them into the fold of the state"--Introduction Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915 -- Influence SUBJECT Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915 -- Influence Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915 fast Subject Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities. Archaeology and history -- Mexico Archaeology and state -- Mexico -- History Cultural property -- Political aspects -- Mexico -- History Material culture -- Political aspects -- Mexico -- History Nationalism -- Mexico -- History HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico. Antiquities Archaeology and history Archaeology and state Cultural policy Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Nationalism Politics and government SUBJECT Mexico -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084538 Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1867-1910. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084611 Mexico -- Cultural policy Subject Mexico Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2016009414 ISBN 9780826357335 0826357334

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