Patrimonio antes del patrimonio : Una genealogía del pensamiento patrimonialista y la arqueología mexicana en un amplio siglo XIX

values, and methods to mediate the study of such objects; and second, the constitution of bases that legitimized the physical and ideological appropriation of the national and pre-Hispanic past by diverse social actors and groups. This perspective permits a deeper appreciation of the historical contexts that allowed individuals and institutions to produce and reproduce both conceptual categories and knowledge linked to Mexican history, both in the burgeoning nation and in other centres of power and influence. This book critically confronts the "natural" discourses focused on the monumentalization of characters, names, things, and places that make up the 'official history' of the relationship between Mexican archaeological practice and cultural heritage. [Publisher's text]

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