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Following a study on the world flows of American products during early globalization, here the authors examine the reverse process. By analyzing the imperial political economy, the introduction, adaptation and rejection of new food products in America, as well as of other European, Asian and African goods, American Globalization, 1492–1850, addresses the history of consumerism and material culture in the New World, while also considering the perspective of the history of ecological globalization. This book shows how these changes triggered the formation of mixed imagined communities as well as of local and regional markets that gradually became part of a global economy. But it also highlig...
Este trabajo tiene como objetivo principal el análisis de las dinámicas sociales y posibles patrones y modelos de ocupación espacial desarrollados por los distintos grupos culturales que habitaron la denominada área cultural Tairona, en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, en un marco cronológico que abarca aproximadamente desde el siglo X hasta los años finales del siglo XVI. Se han usado como fuentes los principales trabajos arqueológicos desarrollados en la región, los documentos del Archivo General de Indias de Sevilla, del Archivo General de la Nación en Bogotá y de la Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid, los informes, mapas, diseños, proyectos y cuadernos de trabajo conservados en la ...
Anthological edition with diverse studies on the artisan and specialized production, types and styles of stone instruments, objects for personal adornment made with semiprecious stones and marine mollusks, attires, head adornments, fibers, figurines, ceramic and the exploitation of salt from an archaeological and anthropological perspective and based recent excavations.
Study of Pre-Coumbian shells by artisans who specialized in shell objects made in domestic workshops, whose function was to provide prestigious goods to the city of Tula, in the current state of Hidalgo. Through the use of experimental archeology and archaeological analysis of the archaeological elements with scanning electron microscopy, the author reconstructs the operational chains carried out during the elaboration of the pieces. From the analysis of various production evidences (raw material, parts in the work process, failed parts, reused, waste as well as possible tools used) that were collected during the excavation, it was possible to determine a standardization and technological ho...
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Study of the mythology and symbolism of mountains in the Mexica culture resulting from recent excavations of the Templo Mayor of México-Tenochtitlan. Analyzes the significance of recently discovered offerings, monolithic sculptures and objects found during the 10-year research project.
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