Viaje al interior de las momias

Many of the 13 essays in this collection originate from the archaeology symposia of the Society for Latin American Studies held at Bradford University in 1989; others have been commissioned from people engaged in research in Central and South America. Subjects include the Aztec Cihuateteo, political stratification in Classic Maya society, shamanism and sculpture in Ancient West Mexico, underwater archaeolocical research in Bolivia, Inca ceremonial platforms in central Chile, early Inca architecture in Peru, fabrics of the Atacamba.

Recoge el encuentro que organizó la AEIHM entre historiadoras de ambos continentes con motivo de la celebración de los bicentenarios de la independencia de las colonias de la Monarquía hispánica. A través de doce capítulos, destacadas historiadoras españolas y latinoamericanas como Dora Barrancos, Inés Quintero, Ana Aguado, Gloria Espigado, Aurora Gómez Galvarriato, Cristina Borderías, Pilar Pérez-Fuentes, Mirta Zaida Lobato, Cristina Segura, M. Isabel del Val, Asunción Lavrín, Ana Iriarte, Amparo Pedregal, Luisa Campuzano, Isabel Morant, Mónica Bolufer, Mary Nash, Ángela...

En un mundo cada vez más plural y cambiante es imprescindible cuestionarse el papel que juegan las ideologías en la configuración de los movimientos sociales, políticos, económicos, culturales y científicos. Con este fin se reunen en este volumen una serie de colaboraciones orientadas a fomentar el debate público necesario para comprender la complejidad de nuestro tiempo y la dificultad de la convivencia plural en un entorno multicultural y multi-ideológico.

Thirteen papers from a conference held in Barcelona in 2005 on the subject of 'War and territory in the Roman world: historical and archaeological approaches'. The contributors consider the relationship between the army and society, between the emperor and his army, between warfare and the environment, as well as more specific subjects: the representation of military power; the relationship between local and central power, especially at the frontiers of the empire; imperial administration; changes in imagery on coinage; war and the management of human and material resources. Seven of the...