Ornamental Nationalism : Archaeology and Antiquities in Mexico, 1876-1911.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Rise of Professionalism -- Archaeology and Nationalism -- Artifacts and Authority -- Overview of the Book -- Part 1 -- Chapter 1 Nation Building -- Mexico before the Porfiriato -- Porfirio Díaz -- European Influences on the Porfiriato -- Monumentalism in Mexico -- Heir to Juárez -- Heir to the Aztecs -- Creating the Image of the Nation -- Symbols of Centralization -- Chapter 2 Designing the Porfiriato -- Mexico in Paris -- Porfiriopoxtli -- Policies -- Assimilation -- Aztec Patriotism: Sierra and Chavero -- Chapter 3 Rag of Barbarism: Aztecs and Mayas in International Thought (1804-1911) -- Shifting Ideas -- Baron Alexander von Humboldt -- Humboldt's Influence on Other Archaeologists -- Translating the Mayas: John Lloyd Stephens -- Iroquois of the South: Prescott and Morgan -- Sacrifice -- Popular Culture -- Part 2 -- Chapter 4 The Inspector General and Conservator of Archaeological Monuments -- Antiquities -- Leopoldo Batres (1852-1926) -- Nepotism -- Batres and the Scholarly Community -- Batres's Background -- Race -- Hrdlička -- Manuel Gamio -- Chapter 5 Batres in the Field -- Policing Archaeological Zones -- Saville Seeks Access -- Escalerillas: The Street of Staircases -- Conflict in New York -- Thompson in the Yucatán -- Batres at Teotihuacán -- Chapter 6 Batres Fought with All the World -- La Isla de Sacrificios: Batres and Nuttall -- Zelia Nuttall -- Isla de Sacrificios -- The National Museum -- Chapter 7 The Grand Tour: International Congress of Americanists, Mexico City, 1910 -- Two Automobiles from Teotihuacán: Corruption -- Map from Teotihuacán -- Eugène Boban -- Batres's Exit -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

An examnination of how the Porfirians reinscribed the political meaning of indigenous icons, particularly Aztec, while social scientists, both domestic and international, struggled to establish standards for Mexican archaeology that would undermine such endeavors.

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