Los Bostonians, Yucatán y los primeros rumbos de la arqueología americanista estadounidense, 1875-1894

This work discusses the relevance pre-Hispanic archaeological areas in the Yucatan peninsula had for the creation of American archaeology, especially of its original centers in Bostonand New York, which held periodical and sometimes conflicting relations with Chicago. The author claims that the “dis...

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Autor principal: Palacios, Guillermo
Formato: Online
Idioma:espanhol
Editor: El Colegio de México, A.C. 2012
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spelling oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article-2032022-04-19T19:14:57Z Bostonians, Yucatan, and the First Paths of American Archaeology in the Americas, 1875-1894 Los Bostonians, Yucatán y los primeros rumbos de la arqueología americanista estadounidense, 1875-1894 Palacios, Guillermo Yucatán maya bostonians archeology 19th Century Yucatán maya bostonians arqueología siglo XIX This work discusses the relevance pre-Hispanic archaeological areas in the Yucatan peninsula had for the creation of American archaeology, especially of its original centers in Bostonand New York, which held periodical and sometimes conflicting relations with Chicago. The author claims that the “discovering” of what during the 1920's became known as the “Mayan Area” offered New England antique dealers their own and exclusive area, which was gradually “cleansed” of European agents and put under the control of a close-knit group of Bostonians and their allies, thanks, among other things, to the control of the consulate in Merida. The process of conceptually and institutionally construing the Mayan Area, which began in the 1880's, was essential for professionalizing American archaeology, consolidating its most important museums, and positioning the United States, in an exercise of scientific and cultural State building, at the same level as the European archaeological and anthropological communities. Este trabajo discute la importancia de las zonas de vestigios prehispánicos de la península de Yucatán para la constitución de la arqueología estadounidense, con énfasis en sus centros originarios, situados principalmente en las regiones de Boston y Nueva York, con periódicas y a veces conflictivas relaciones con Chicago. El artículo argumenta que la "descubierta" de lo que en los años veinte del siglo pasado llegó a conocerse como el "Área Maya" otorgó a los anticuarios neo-ingleses una zona propia y exculsiva para sus exploraciones que fue siendo poco a poco "limpiada" de agentes europeos hasta quedar bajo el dominio de un cerrado núcleo de Bostonians y sus aliados, gracias, entre otras cosas, al control del consulado de Mérida. El proceso de construcción conceptual e institucional del "Área Maya", iniciado en la década de 1880, fue fundamental para la profesionalización de la arqueología estadounidense, para la consolidación de sus museos más importantes, y para situar a Estaods Unidos, en un ejercicio de Sate Building en el área de la ciencia y la cultura, en el mismo nivel de las comunidades arquelógicas y antropológicas europeas. El Colegio de México, A.C. 2012-07-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/203 Historia Mexicana; Vol. 62, Núm. 1 (245) julio-septiembre 2012; 105-193 2448-6531 0185-0172 spa https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/203/180 Derechos de autor 2015 Historia Mexicana
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Palacios, Guillermo
Los Bostonians, Yucatán y los primeros rumbos de la arqueología americanista estadounidense, 1875-1894
title Los Bostonians, Yucatán y los primeros rumbos de la arqueología americanista estadounidense, 1875-1894
title_alt Bostonians, Yucatan, and the First Paths of American Archaeology in the Americas, 1875-1894
title_full Los Bostonians, Yucatán y los primeros rumbos de la arqueología americanista estadounidense, 1875-1894
title_fullStr Los Bostonians, Yucatán y los primeros rumbos de la arqueología americanista estadounidense, 1875-1894
title_full_unstemmed Los Bostonians, Yucatán y los primeros rumbos de la arqueología americanista estadounidense, 1875-1894
title_short Los Bostonians, Yucatán y los primeros rumbos de la arqueología americanista estadounidense, 1875-1894
title_sort los bostonians yucatan y los primeros rumbos de la arqueologia americanista estadounidense 1875 1894
topic Yucatán
maya
bostonians
archeology
19th Century
Yucatán
maya
bostonians
arqueología
siglo XIX
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