In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl : : Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico's Ancient Civilizations / / Merilee Grindle.
The gripping story of a pioneering anthropologist whose exploration of Aztec cosmology, rediscovery of ancient texts, and passion for collecting helped shape our understanding of pre-Columbian Mexico.Where do human societies come from? The drive to answer this question took on a new urgency in the n...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2023] 2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 A New City and an Old World
- 2 A Marriage Gone Wrong
- 3 Mentor and Disciple
- 4 New World Treasure and Glyphs on a Stone
- 5 Chicago Holds a Fair
- 6 A Museum in the Making
- 7 A University Takes Charge
- 8 At Home in Mexico
- 9 The Inspector's Challenge
- 10 Of Sailors and Revolution
- 11 Empire and Pleasure Gardens
- 12 Tea with Lawrence
- 13 Persistence
- 14 Legacy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Image Credits
- Index