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Compte Rendu Amerindia 17
AMERINDIA n° 21, 1996 Verb morphology of Ixtenco Otomi Yolanda LASTRA UNAM / México Ixtenco is a small town in Tlaxcala where Otomí has been preserved in spite of the pressure from Nahuatl speaker who displaced Otomís from other towns such as Huamantla and in spite of the pressure of Spanish. The disappearance of Ixtenco Otomí will no doubt occur, however, because only older persons speak it and for some time it has not been transmitted to the younger generations. People 40 or younger may only have a passive knowledge of the language. The present paper is based on field work carried out intermittently in one-day trips undertaken in September 1990 and resumed in February 1991. The informants have been two men and three women, but the main informant has been David Alonso, 85 who immensely enjoys teaching his language making it a pleasure to try to understand its structure. Here we will deal with the main features of verbal morphology and compare some of the characteristics of the Ixtenco system with Classical Otomí and with the present-day varieties of Toluca and Hidalgo highlands. In the rest of this paper I will refer to the latter one as Hidalgo Otomí. 2 AMERINDIA n°21, 1996 In contrast to these varieties of Otomí, the Ixtenco dialect has lost the dual; the suffixes that signal the dual in the other varieties are used for plural here. The suffixes for plural in the other varieties are still recognized as a sort of plural of abundance, but they are no longer used. There are 10 tense aspects not counting the imperative. -
The Ethnic History of the Toltecs As Reflected in Their Clothing*
Patricia Anawalt The Ethnic History of the Toltecs as Reflected in their Clothing* Guiado por el interés en señalar la importancia que el análisis de las vestimentas tiene para la reconstrucción cultural, este artículo considera la historia étnica de los toltecas a tra- vés de un examen de sus prendas de vestir. Para este propó- sito se ha establecido la hipótesis que la historia y las rela- ciones sociales de un pueblo pueden ser reconstruidas gracias a determinadas características en sus vestimentas. La investi- gación se ha centrado en el xicolli. Resulta que este traje típico experimentó una cierta transformación desde el clásico y postclásico temprano yucateco, donde constituía una prenda de guerra, hasta su uso como traje ritual y distintivo de la clase alta en el postclásico tardío de la región central de México. Este cambio parece haberse originado en la región huasteca, concretamente en el área desde el cual los nonoalcas, repre- sentantes de la antigua tradición teotihuacana, emprendieron la migración hacia Tollan. La ausencia del traje característico de los nonoalcas en los testimonios arqueológicos toltecas, permite suponer que una fracción militar tolteca subyugó el segmento intelectual-religioso de Tollan. * Paper delivered in the symposium, "Problems in the Iconography of Postclassic Mesoamerican Art," at the XLIII International Congress of Americanists, August 1 1 - 17, 1979, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. INDIANA 10 (1985): 129-146 129 ISSN 0341-8642 Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz For scholars involved in the reconstruction and interpretation of Meso- american social and cultural systems, depictions of Prehispanic clothing provide a rich repository of valuable and revealing ethnographic data. -
Toward a Comprehensive Model For
Toward a Comprehensive Model for Nahuatl Language Research and Revitalization JUSTYNA OLKO,a JOHN SULLIVANa, b, c University of Warsaw;a Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas;b Universidad Autonóma de Zacatecasc 1 Introduction Nahuatl, a Uto-Aztecan language, enjoyed great political and cultural importance in the pre-Hispanic and colonial world over a long stretch of time and has survived to the present day.1 With an estimated 1.376 million speakers currently inhabiting several regions of Mexico,2 it would not seem to be in danger of extinction, but in fact it is. Formerly the language of the Aztec empire and a lingua franca across Mesoamerica, after the Spanish conquest Nahuatl thrived in the new colonial contexts and was widely used for administrative and religious purposes across New Spain, including areas where other native languages prevailed. Although the colonial language policy and prolonged Hispanicization are often blamed today as the main cause of language shift and the gradual displacement of Nahuatl, legal steps reinforced its importance in Spanish Mesoamerica; these include the decision by the king Philip II in 1570 to make Nahuatl the linguistic medium for religious conversion and for the training of ecclesiastics working with the native people in different regions. Members of the nobility belonging to other ethnic groups, as well as numerous non-elite figures of different backgrounds, including Spaniards, and especially friars and priests, used spoken and written Nahuatl to facilitate communication in different aspects of colonial life and religious instruction (Yannanakis 2012:669-670; Nesvig 2012:739-758; Schwaller 2012:678-687). -
Passport to the World (Mexico) Haleigh Wilcox About Mexico
Passport to the World (Mexico) Haleigh Wilcox About Mexico Official name : United Mexican States Established : September 16th ,1810 Type of Goverment : Federal, Republic, Constitution Republic and has a Presidential Representitive Current President of Mexico : Andres Manuel Lopez Obrabor Haleigh Wilcox Mexico’s Geography in the World Mexico’s Own Geography Continent it’s in : South America Capital City : Mexico City Latitude : 23.6345 Other Major Cities : Ecatepec, Puebla, Guadalajara, Juarez Other Geographic Features : Lake Chapala, Sonoran Desert, Sierra Side of Equator : North Madres, Chihuahuan Desert o o Average Tempurature : December-71 F/21.67 C Size : 758,449 sq. miles June-57oF/13.89oC Major Tourist Sites : Teotihuacan, Copper Canyon, Cozumel, Tulum, El Arco, San Ignacio Lagoon Haleigh Wilcox About The People Mexico’s Economy Population : 110,939,132 Basic Unit of Currency : Peso Major Languages Spoken : Nahuatl (22.89%), Mayan Major Agricultural Products : sorghum, chili peppers, barley*, (12.63), Mixteco (7.04%), Zapoteco (6.84%), Tzeltal (6.18%) avocados*, blue agave, coffee* Manufactured Products : Oil, Cotton, Silver, Cars, Insulated Wires Area Percentage Where People Live : 33% Rural, 77% and Cables, Tractors Urban Type of region : Developing Haleigh Wilcox Mexico’s Culture House Type : Mexican houses, Mexican Ranch Homes, Some famous People : Salma Hayek (2002 Film Actress and Spanish villa, Adobe, Misision Style Mansion Producer) and Espinoza Paz (2006 Latin Musician) Clothing Type : Slacks or jeans with a button-down shirt or Foods We Eat That Are Prepared In Mexico : Tacos, T-shirt for men and a skirt or slacks with a blouse or T-shirt Burritos, Tostadas for women. -
The Diet of Sovereignty: Bioarchaeology in Tlaxcallan
THE DIET OF SOVEREIGNTY: BIOARCHAEOLOGY IN TLAXCALLAN By Keitlyn Alcantara-Russell Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Vanderbilt University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In Anthropology August 7th, 2020 Nashville, Tennessee Approved: Tiffiny Tung, Ph.D. William Fowler, Ph.D. Carwil Bjork-James, Ph.D. Edward Wright-Rios, Ph.D. Copyright © 2020 by Keitlyn Alcantara-Russell All Rights Reserved ii DEDICATION To the past version of me who never dreamed I could do this. To the Frankensteined pieces and parts sewn together from my parents’ (and big sister’s) own journeys and struggles, the moments where we didn’t think we could, and then we did anyway. To the recycled genes of grandparents and ancestors, whose loves and hurts shaped my drive to understand. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Preliminary field reconnaissance was funded by a Tinker Foundation Field Research Grant from the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University. Fieldwork was funded by a Summer Research Award from the College of Arts and Sciences at Vanderbilt University, a Fulbright-García Robles Research Grant, and a Wenner Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (#9448: The Diet of Sovereignty: Bioarchaeology in Tlaxcallan). Subsequent field and lab work was supported by Summer Research Awards from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Anthropology Department at Vanderbilt University, and a Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute Dissertation Enhancement Grant to support Ethnographic fieldwork. The public-facing aspects of my research were supported by a Public Scholar Fellowship from the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt, and an Imagining America Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) fellowship and co- directorship. -
EL OTOMI DE IXTENCO, TLAXCALA En Uno De Sus Primeros Trabajos Sobre Lenguas Indígenas De México, El Autor De Este Breve Artíc
EL OTOMI DE IXTENCO, TLAXCALA RoBERTO J. WEITLANER En uno de sus primeros trabajos sobre lenguas indígenas de México, el autor de este breve artículo publicó un corto vocabulario sobre el dialecto otomí de Ixtenco, Edo. de Tlaxcala.1 Confrontando dicho material con voca bularios de Ixmiquilpan, Hgo. y de la sierra de Hidalgo y Puebla, llegó a la conclusión, algo precipitada, de que el dialecto de Ixtenco revela seme janzas más estrechas con el de Ixmiquilpan que con el de la sierra. Peca dicho trabajo preliminar de las fallas de un principiante, en lo que toca a la fonética y a la transcripción. El conocido lingüista francés Jacques Soustelle visitó al año siguiente ( 1934) nuestro pueblo, obteniendo un vocabulario más extenso y satisfac torio. Las conclusiones a que llegó Soustelle fueron publicadas en su obra sobre la familia lingüística otomí-pame 2 y pueden resumirse como sigue: En épocas prehistóricas los otomíes poblaron casi todo el Estado de Tlaxcala (p. 20). El pueblo de Ixtenco no fué fundado sino hasta después de la Conquista en 1532 (p. 477). Los otomíes de Ixtenco se relacionan en su fonetismo, por un lado con el dialecto de Jilotepec (Sierra de las Cruces) y por otro con los otomíes orientales de la Sierra de Hidalgo-Puebla. Estos últimos están a su vez en relaciones estrechas con los otomíes del Sur del Valle de Toluca ( Ocoyoacac) (pp. 197-8). 1 WEITLANER, J. R. El dialecto Otomí de lxtenco. Tlaxcala. 1933. 2 SousTELLE, J. La familia otomí-pame. 1937. ll 12 ANALES DEL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOG!A E I!ISTOHIA Soustelle, basándose en el supuesto carácter arcaico del otomí oriental, postula un movimiento general otomí desde el oriente hacia el occidente (pp. -
Jaina Figures and the Figuration of Maya Social Roles: a Study of SAMA Object 64.289.94 Natalie Carrier Trinity University, [email protected]
Trinity University Digital Commons @ Trinity Undergraduate Student Research Awards Information Literacy Committee 2018 Jaina Figures and the Figuration of Maya Social Roles: A Study of SAMA Object 64.289.94 Natalie Carrier Trinity University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/infolit_usra Repository Citation Carrier, Natalie, "Jaina Figures and the Figuration of Maya Social Roles: A Study of SAMA Object 64.289.94" (2018). Undergraduate Student Research Awards. 47. https://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/infolit_usra/47 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Information Literacy Committee at Digital Commons @ Trinity. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Student Research Awards by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Trinity. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 Natalie Carrier Dr. Mathews ANTH/ARTH 3335 20 Nov 2018 Jaina Figures and the Figuration of Maya Social Roles: A Study of SAMA Object 64.289.94 2 Abstract The site of Jaina island, for which Jaina figures are named, is unique in comparison to the sites where other Maya ceramic figurines have been found due to the scale and specially developed burial culture involving ceramic figurines that developed there (McVicker 2011: 211). The exceptional and artistic renderings and context for these figures from Campeche, Mexico has led to problems of looting and forgeries that have created obstacles for scholars trying to understand this body of work. A careful consideration of the stylistic features and grouping of individual figurines to determine their authenticity and meaning is therefore a step that can be undertaken to attempt to chip away at this problem. -
Tlaxcala Centro De México
TLAXCALA CENTRO DE MÉXICO ENGLISH VERSION Parish of San Bernardino Contla. Tlaxcala City Hall offices; the former House of Calpulalpan Stone; and the Xicohténcatl Theatre, Tlaxcala was one of the most important in the turn-of-the-century eclectic The monastic complex formerly ded- cities in Central Mexico in the pre-His- style under Porfirio Díaz. The city also icated to San Simón and San Judas panic period. Viceregal authorities has many museums, such as the Re- is now known as San Antonio. Visit built the colonial city in a small valley. gional Museum, Museum of Memo- former pulque-producing haciendas The state capital is now a beautiful city ry, Art Museum, the Living Museum nearby, such as the Hacienda San Bar- that preserves 16th-century buildings of Folk Arts and Traditions. Another tolomé del Monte. such as the former Convent of Nues- attraction is the Jorge “El Ranchero” tra Señora de la Asunción and from Aguilar Bullring, one of the country’s Ocotelulco the 17th century, such as the Basilica oldest, built in 1817, and now the venue ALONSO DE LOURDES MARÍA PHOTO: of Ocotlán. The latter structure com- for the annual Tlaxcala Fair held in Oc- This site was one of the major Tlax- memorates the apparition of the Virgin tober and November. caltec towns in the Late Postclassic San Bernardino Contla Chiautempan Mary in 1541 to a local native man from period (AD 1200–1521); in fact, at the Tlaxcala, Juan Diego Bernardino, and time of Hernán Cortés’s arrival, it was A textile-producing town specializ- A town renowned for its textiles. -
Heritage and Rights of Indigenous Peoples
HERITAGE AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PATRIMONIO Y DERECHOS DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS Heritage and Rights of Indigenous Peoples Patrimonio y Derechos de Los Pueblos Indígenas Edited by Manuel May Castillo and Amy Strecker LEIDEN UNIVERSITY PRESS The publication of this book was made possible thanks to the financial support of ERC Advanced Grant n° 295434 in the context of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) for the project ‘Time in Intercultural Context’. Archaeological Studies Leiden University is published by Leiden University Press, the Netherlands Series editors: M. E. R. G. N. Jansen and H. Kamermans Cover design: Joanne Porck Coverpage image: Ellen-Berit Nymo Dakbakk, Joanne Porck Layout: Samira Damato ISBN 9789087282998 e-ISBN 9789400603042 NUR 682 © Manuel May Castillo and Amy Strecker / Leiden University Press, 2017 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book. Table of Contents List of Figures IX List of Contributors XIII Acknowledgements XIX Prologue: the Ideas, Events and People Behind this Book 21 Manuel May Castillo 1. The Indigenous Condition: An Introductory Note 25 Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez LAND 39 2. Protection of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Cultural and Environmental Rights in Suriname: Challenges in the Implementation of the Judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 41 in the Saramaka Case and Subsequent Decisions Anna Meijknecht and Bas Rombouts 3. -
2015 Catalog1.Ai
Multicultural & Bilingual Titles 2015 K-12 Catalog World History Oral Health Education Mystery of the Giant Masks A Smile New of Sanxingdui By Michael Smith Bilingual By Icy Smith New Illustrated by Gayle G. Roski Motivate kids to take care of their teeth with this fun • Skipping Stones Honor Award and informative rhyming story! Discover helpful facts about oral hygiene for both children and adults. The mysterious and ancient city of Library Binding, ages 3-5, 36 pages Sanxingdui is famous for its astonish- English/Spanish, 9780991345458, $21.95 ing bronze-casting technology. VillagersV come from faraway lands to admire the bronze masks and trade Fatherhood/Family Engagement NewNew for the highly prized bronze wares. Daddy, My Favorite Guy New However, Sanxingdui faces danger Bilingual when its people hear rumors offf a foreign invasion. The chief ’s daughter, By Icy Smith & Crystal Smith Min, and her newly initiated warrior brother, Wei, lead the villagers to flee • International Latino Book Award their homeland. Where do they go? And what do they do with their sacred bronze masks and statues? • Mom’s Choice Gold Award This unprecedented children’s story offers a glimpse into the lost A beautiful and poignant book reassuring father’s civilization of Sanxingdui in Sichuan Province, China, over 3,000 years unconditional love. Daddy cooks, cleans, reads ago. In 1986, the epic discovery of the monumental bronzes in and plays with his children. He is funny, caring Sanxingdui was acknowledged as the “ninth wonder of the ancient and understanding. This heartfelt story is told in world.” The artifacts unearthed are as old as the Pyramids of Egypt and warm and fun verse, rhyming in English, Arabic, reveal an advanced and civilized society in Sanxingdui. -
Mexican Folk Art and Culture
Mexican Folk Art Mexican Folk Art Written and Designed by Nicole Mullen Based in part by the exhibition Tesoros Escondidos: Hidden Treasures from the Mexican Collections curated by Ira Jacknis, Research Anthropologist, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. Object Photography: Therese Babineau Intern assistance: Elizabeth Lesch Copyright © 2004. Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. This publication was made possible in part by a generous grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. PHOEBE A. HEARST MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY TABLE OF CONTENTS Mexico 4 Map 5 Ancient Mexico 6 The Spanish Conquest 8 The Mexican Revolution and Renaissance 10 Folk Art 11 Masks 13 Pottery 17 Laquerware 21 Clothing and Textiles 24 Baskets, Gourds and Glass 28 Female figurine. Made by Teodora Blanco; Toys and Miniatures 30 Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca. Teodora Paper Arts 33 Blanco (1928-80) was a major Mexican folk artist. While in her late twenties she began Tin and Copper 35 to make her female figurines, for which she is best known. This pot-carrying figure wears Art of the Huichol 36 a Oaxacan shawl around her head. Oaxacan Woodcarving 38 Fireworks 39 Food 40 Day of the Dead 43 Vocabulary 47 Review Questions 48 Bibliography 50 3 MEXICAN FOLK ART PHOEBE A. HEARST MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY Mexico Mexico is very diverse geographically. It is made up of fertile valleys, tropical forests, high mountain peaks, deep canyons, and desert landscapes. Clockwise: Pacific coast, south of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 1996. Lake Pátzcuaro, as seen from Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, 1996. -
The Genetic History of the Otomi in the Central Mexican Valley
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Anthropology Senior Theses Department of Anthropology Spring 2013 The Genetic History Of The Otomi In The Central Mexican Valley Haleigh Zillges University of Pennsylvania Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/anthro_seniortheses Part of the Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Zillges, Haleigh, "The Genetic History Of The Otomi In The Central Mexican Valley" (2013). Anthropology Senior Theses. Paper 133. This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/anthro_seniortheses/133 For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Genetic History Of The Otomi In The Central Mexican Valley Abstract The Otomí, or Hñäñhü, is an indigenous ethnic group in the Central Mexican Valley that has been historically marginalized since before Spanish colonization. To investigate the extent by which historical, geographic, linguistic, and cultural influences shaped biological ancestry, I analyzed the genetic variation of 224 Otomí individuals residing in thirteen Otomí villages. Results indicate that the majority of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes belong to the four major founding lineages, A2, B2, C1, and D1, reflecting an overwhelming lack of maternal admixture with Spanish colonizers. Results also indicate that at an intra-population level, neither geography nor linguistics played a prominent role in shaping maternal biological ancestry. However, at an inter-population level, geography was found to be a more influential determinant. Comparisons of Otomí genetic variation allow us to reconstruct the ethnic history of this group, and to place it within a broader-based Mesoamerican history. Disciplines Anthropology This thesis or dissertation is available at ScholarlyCommons: https://repository.upenn.edu/anthro_seniortheses/133 THE GENETIC HISTORY OF THE OTOMI IN THE CENTRAL MEXICAN VALLEY By Haleigh Zillges In Anthropology Submitted to the Department of Anthropology University of Pennsylvania Thesis Advisor: Dr.