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Archaeology in Latin America
| Author | : Benjamin Alberti |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 445 |
| Release | : 2005-08-16 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1134597835 |
This pioneering and comprehensive survey is the first overview of current themes in Latin American archaeology written solely by academics native to the region, and it makes their collected expertise available to an English-speaking audience for the first time. The contributors cover the most significant issues in the archaeology of Latin America, such as the domestication of camelids, the emergence of urban society in Mesoamerica, the frontier of the Inca empire, and the relatively little known archaeology of the Amazon basin. This book draws together key areas of research in Latin American archaeological thought into a coherent whole; no other volume on this area has ever dealt with such a diverse range of subjects, and some of the countries examined have never before been the subject of a regional study.
The Role of archaeoastronomy in the Maya World
| Author | : UNESCO Office Mexico |
| Publisher | : UNESCO Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 2016-12-31 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9235000114 |
The Cultural Worlds of the Jesuits in Colonial Latin America
| Author | : Linda Newson |
| Publisher | : Institute of Latin American Studies |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2020-06-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781908857620 |
2017 marked the 250-year anniversary of the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish territories. The Jesuits made major contributions to the cultural and intellectual life of Latin America. When they were expelled in 1767 the Jesuits were administering over 250,000 Indians in over 200 missions. The Jesuits pioneered interest in indigenous languages and cultures, compiling dictionaries and writing some of the earliest ethnographies of the region. They also explored the region's natural history and made significant contributions to the development of science and medicine. On their estates and in the missions they introduced new plants, livestock, and agricultural techniques, such as irrigation. In addition, they left a lasting legacy on the region's architecture, art, and music. The volume demonstrates the diversity of Jesuit contributions to Latin American culture. Published works often focus on one theme or region that is approached from a particular disciplinary perspective. This volume is therefore unusual in considering not only the range of Jesuit activities but also the diversity of perspectives from which they may be approached. It includes papers from scholars of history, linguistics, religion, art, architecture, cartography, music, medicine and science.
Literary Translation, Reception, and Transfer
| Author | : Norbert Bachleitner |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 499 |
| Release | : 2020-09-21 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 3110641976 |
The three concepts mentioned in the title of this volume imply the contact between two or more literary phenomena; they are based on similarities that are related to a form of ‘travelling’ and imitation or adaptation of entire texts, genres, forms or contents. Transfer comprises all sorts of ‘travelling’, with translation as a major instrument of transferring literature across linguistic and cultural barriers. Transfer aims at the process of communication, starting with the source product and its cultural context and then highlighting the mediation by certain agents and institutions to end up with inclusion in the target culture. Reception lays its focus on the receiving culture, especially on critcism, reading, and interpretation. Translation, therefore, forms a major factor in reception with the general aim of reception studies being to reveal the wide spectrum of interpretations each text offers. Moreover, translations are the prime instrument in the distribution of literature across linguistic and cultural borders; thus, they pave the way for gaining prestige in the world of literature. The thirty-eight papers included in this volume and dedicated to research in this area were previously read at the ICLA conference 2016 in Vienna. They are ample proof that the field remains at the center of interest in Comparative Literature.
Concise English-Interlingua Dictionary
| Author | : F. P. Gopsill |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : 9780951169506 |
History of Geoscience
| Author | : W. Mayer |
| Publisher | : Geological Society of London |
| Total Pages | : 443 |
| Release | : 2017-06-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1786202697 |
The study of the Earth’s origin, its composition, the processes that changed and shaped it over time and the fossils preserved in rocks, have occupied enquiring minds from ancient times. The contributions in this volume trace the history of ideas and the research of scholars in a wide range of geological disciplines that have paved the way to our present-day understanding and knowledge of the physical nature of our planet and the diversity of life that inhabited it. To mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Commission on the History of Geology (INHIGEO), the book features contributions that give insights into its establishment and progress. In other sections authors reflect on the value of studying the history of the geosciences and provide accounts of early investigations in fields as diverse as tectonics, volcanology, geomorphology, vertebrate palaeontology and petroleum geology. Other papers discuss the establishment of geological surveys, the contribution of women to geology and biographical sketches of noted scholars in various fields of geoscience.
José Rangel Cantú
| Author | : Carlos Montalvo Larralde |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 26 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Journalists |
| ISBN | : |
Neglected Crops
| Author | : J. Esteban Hernández Bermejo |
| Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9789251032176 |
About neglected crops of the American continent. Published in collaboration with the Botanical Garden of Cord�ba (Spain) as part of the Etnobot�nica92 Programme (Andalusia, 1992)
Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica
| Author | : Anne S. Dowd |
| Publisher | : University Press of Colorado |
| Total Pages | : 413 |
| Release | : 2015-05-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1457193752 |
Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica is an interdisciplinary tour de force that establishes the critical role astronomy played in the religious and civic lives of the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica. Providing extraordinary examples of how Precolumbian peoples merged ideas about the cosmos with those concerning calendar and astronomy, the volume showcases the value of detailed examinations of astronomical data for understanding ancient cultures. The volume is divided into three sections: investigations into Mesoamerican horizon-based astronomy, the cosmological principles expressed in Mesoamerican religious imagery and rituals related to astronomy, and the aspects of Mesoamerican calendars related to archaeoastronomy. It also provides cutting-edge research on diverse topics such as records of calendar and horizon-based astronomical observation (like the Dresden and Borgia codices), iconography of burial assemblages, architectural alignment studies, urban planning, and counting or measuring devices. Contributors—who are among the most respected in their fields— explore new dimensions in Mesoamerican timekeeping and skywatching in the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacano, Zapotec, and Aztec cultures. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of anthropology, archaeology, art history, and astronomy.
