Tiempo, paisaje y líneas de vida en la arqueología de Ñuu Savi: (La Mixteca, México)

Jiménez Osorio, L.I.; Posselt Santoyo, E. (2018)

Doctoral Thesis

In this research the authors propose the Great Line of Life, which reframes the cultural link between present and past in the archaeological practice of the Mixteca Alta. Through the different examples that are discussed, the importance of the knowledge and perceptions of the contemporary dwellers for the interpretation of the pre-colonial past can be seen.

This research is presented as alternative archeology that seeks to decolonize the discipline. This archeology proposes to be flexible, relational, multi vocal and holistic. This way of doing archeology in the Mixteca is relevant because, on the one hand, it allows the parameters in which this practice has been classified to be broadened and, on the other, it reinforces the identification of contemporary societies with the pre-colonial past. Likewise, its importance lies in the fact that it is based on ethics and respect for Indigenous Peoples and shares the search for a better quality of life.

• Lines of life
• Decolonizing
• Mesoamerica
• Perception of time
• Archaeology in the highland mixtec
• Landscape archaeology
• Archaeology in movement

• All authors: Jiménez Osorio, L.I.; Posselt Santoyo, E.
• Supervisor: Jansen, M.E.R.G.N.; Castellón Huerta, B.R.
• Co-supervisor: Raffa, V.
• Committee: Hofman, C.L.; Adelaar, W.F.H.; König, V.; Peperstraete, S.; Llanes Ortiz, G.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Department of Archaeological Heritage and Society, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University
• Date: 2018-10-31
• Title of host publication: Archaeological Studies Leiden University
• ISBN (print): 9789087283162
• ISBN (electronic): 9789400603325
• Name: 44
• Sponsorship: The Seven Framework Program of the European Union (FP7/2007/2013) under the Grant Agreement No. 295434