Research Catalog

Title

From Ichcanzihoo to Mérida : documenting cultural transition through contact archaeology in Tíhoo, Mérida, Yucatán / Rhianna C. Rogers.

Author

Rogers, Rhianna C.

Publication

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2011.

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Details

Description

viii, 195 pages : illustrations, maps; 30 cm.

Summary

"This study is concerned with the role material culture played in transformation and/or retention of Maya authority, just prior to and after Spanish contact (A.D. 1100-1800s). As one of the last standing structures in the Maya site of Tíhoo, now buried beneath the Spanish capital city Mérida, the Ciudadela collection represents a rare glimpse into a significant, yet understudied, Type 1 archaeological site. Included in this project are a general examination of Maya studies in the Northwestern Yucatán Corridor and the results of a preliminary classification and discussion of materials represented in the YUC 2 assemblage. Results of the archaeological component of this study illustrated that there was little change in production of indigenous pottery after the fall of Mayapan (ca. A.D. 1441-1461), as inhabitants of precolumbian Tíhoo continued to use preexisting wares from their former capital, particularly those within the Mayapan Red Ware and Mayapan Unslipped Ware classifications, well into the Colonial period. In the Post-Colonial period, a significant change in wares occurred as native inhabitants incorporated foreign ceramic types into their society. Ceramics from Spain, Italy, and England, and porcelains from China and Japan, combined with colonial Mexican Majolica and preexisting Mayapan wares, illustrating the interaction of native inhabitants with European immigrants and their import goods. Although the YUC 2 collection supported the transformation of material culture after Spanish contact, the research in this text illustrates that Maya, through religious practices, militaristic resistance, and oral/written traditions, were able to retain significant aspects of their precolumbian power into the colonial era and beyond."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

BAR international series ; 2277

Uniform Title

BAR international series ; 2277.

Subject

• Geschichte 1100-1800
• Geschichte 1100-1800
• Mayas > Antiquities
• Mayas > Material culture
• Maya pottery > Mexico > Mérida
• Culture in art
• Antiquities
• Maya pottery
• Sachkultur
• Maya
• Mérida (Mexico) > Antiquities
• Yucatán (Mexico : State) > Antiquities
• Mexico > Mérida
• Mexico > Yucatán (State)
• Mérida Mexiko
• Maya

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-195).

ISBN

• 9781407308517
• 1407308513

LCCN

2011514968

OCLC

• ocn760892769
• 760892769
• SCSB-1614946

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library