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University Press of Florida eBooks, Nov 1, 2010
University Press of Florida eBooks, 2010
A TRAVES DEL ESTUDIO DE LA ALCABALA COMO FIGURA IMPOSITIVA MAS IMPORTANTE DEL SIGLO XVI EN LA COR... more A TRAVES DEL ESTUDIO DE LA ALCABALA COMO FIGURA IMPOSITIVA MAS IMPORTANTE DEL SIGLO XVI EN LA CORONA DE CASTILLA, SE HA TRATADO DE ANALIZAR LAS CARACTERISTICAS DE LA IMPOSICION Y SU DESARROLLO, ASI COMO SU EVOLUCION EN TERMINOS CUANTITATIVOS. SE TRATA, POR TANTO, DE VALORAR LA PRESION FISCAL POR ALCABALAS EN TERMINOS NOMINALES Y PER CAPITA EN EL TERRITORIO CASTELLANO DONDE SE RECAUDABA EL IMPUESTO Y CONOCER LAS POSIBLES IMPLICACIONES ECONOMICAS Y SOCIALES QUE CON LLEVABA LA ADMINISTRACION Y PERCEPCION DE LA IMPOSICION.
University Press of Florida eBooks, Jan 31, 2017
Tiesler and Zabala synthesize documentary evidence and osteological data to reveal a humanized hi... more Tiesler and Zabala synthesize documentary evidence and osteological data to reveal a humanized history of the varied patterns of cultural resilience, adaptation, and elimination of head-shaping practices in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Throughout many regions of the pre-Hispanic Americas, a wide diversity of indigenous body modification practices combined artificial cranial deformation and other practices of identity, status, and gender. Perceived by the Spanish as a non-Western and “uncivilized” practice that was an affront to the new order in corporeal and theological terms, artificial cranial deformation was aggressively targeted for extirpation. Their analysis indicated head shaping was a vital practice of body modification that was assaulted, alienated, and sometimes transformed in creative and unexpected ways eliminated in the various Iberian strongholds of Hispanic America while progressively eliminated in more peripheral settings.
University Press of Florida eBooks, Nov 1, 2010
Tempo-niteroi, Sep 1, 2020
El clero secular iberoamericano en la Época Moderna Artigo recebido em 5 de setembro de 2019 e ap... more El clero secular iberoamericano en la Época Moderna Artigo recebido em 5 de setembro de 2019 e aprovado para publicação em 3 de julho de 2020.
Temas antropológicos: Revista científica de investigaciones regionales, 2009
Este trabajo tiene como objetivo lograr un acercamiento a la interpretacion de las Fuentes Docume... more Este trabajo tiene como objetivo lograr un acercamiento a la interpretacion de las Fuentes Documentales de la epoca Colonial. En ellas pueden hallarse indicios de las practicas de sacrificios humanos, realizados por los indigenas mayas despues de la Conquista. En esta ocasion, el estudio se centra basicamente en el analisis de los documentos recopilados sobre el proceso inquisitorial de Fray Diego de Landa en 1562-1565.
Mongolia presents an encompassing, detailed, and intricately woven ethnography of contemporary sh... more Mongolia presents an encompassing, detailed, and intricately woven ethnography of contemporary shamanic practice in an area of northeastern Mongolia. Focusing on experiences of those largely of Buryat ethnicity in a rural district, Manduhai Buyandelger skillfully explores several key themes affecting wider contemporary Mongolia: its socialist history, the sudden transition to a market economy in 1990, and accompanying widespread financial uncertainty and gendered power relations. These are a population trying to rectify unclear forms of spiritual debt wrought by attempted socialist stateengineered "forgetting" of spiritual, shamanic knowledge. The proliferation of "tragic spirits," or uheer, spirits of those who fell victim to state violence during socialism and whose gravesites are unknown, Buyandelger writes, are noted as the cause for much continuous misfortune as people in this district deal with the uncertainty and accompanying poverty of Mongolia's ongoing "transition" to a market economy. The author paints a complex portrait of the postsocialist proliferation of shamanism, describing how people attempt to calm these uheer and find, remember, and honor existing, powerful, and established "origin spirits." This book admirably maps this postsocialist proliferation of shamanic practice from multiple angles simultaneously. Buyandelger opens the first section of the book by examining the mutual constitution of history and memory. At first positioning the reader on a historical perspective, she highlights how shamanism has long been a way for a mobile, oppressed people to contain and proliferate sociospiritual memory through oral narrative and the spiritual imbuement of mobile shamanic paraphernalia. Buyandelger alternates between using oral narratives of shamanism as a resource to learn about history and (especially in later chapters) conducting a gendered analysis of narrative and memory itself. This book maintains this depiction of Buryat experience through a shamanic lens. In later sections, the author admirably explores the larger "economy of shamanism" from multi
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2014
ABSTRACT This article explores the living conditions and specifically the possible etiologies of ... more ABSTRACT This article explores the living conditions and specifically the possible etiologies of subperiosteal reactions among those seafarers who did not survive Christopher Columbus' second voyage to the Americas and died at La Isabela, the first permanent European settlement in the New World, which is located in present-day Dominican Republic. The town was founded in 1494 by Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) and occupied for only four years. This study analyzes the macroscopic and histological evidence of the skeletal series excavated from this contact cemetery, which is presently curated at the Museo del Hombre Dominicano. Twenty of the 27 systematically scored individuals reveal subperiosteal bone accretions and in at least 15 individuals, these accretions appear bilaterally. The morphology, distribution and healing stages of the majority of these lesions provide new, direct evidence suggesting severe adult scurvy, a condition caused by sustained vitamin C deprivation, which was common among seafarers before the 18th century. The historical context surrounding the individuals' death at the European contact settlement and the conditions and duration of Christopher Columbus' second transatlantic voyage to the New World, represent key elements in the interpretation of these lesions. In this case, the evidence also corroborates the known failure of Columbus' crew to exploit the locally available foods rich in vitamin C. Scurvy probably contributed significantly to the outbreak of sickness and collective death within the first months of La Isabela's settlement, an aspect that inflects the current discussion about the degree of virulence of New World infections that decimated the European newcomers, who we conclude to have been already debilitated and exhausted by scurvy and general malnutrition. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Current Anthropology, 2020
This study focuses on the origins and diet of the seafarers on Columbus’s second voyage, individu... more This study focuses on the origins and diet of the seafarers on Columbus’s second voyage, individuals whose mortal remains were buried in the churchyard of the settlement of La Isabela. This was the very first European town in the Americas, founded by Columbus in the present-day Dominican Republic in early January 1494. Historical sources indicate that most of the crew came from the region of Andalucía, while the remainder came from a range of other geographical locations. It is also likely that some individuals had been born elsewhere and migrated to Spain before embarking on their transatlantic voyage. However, their precise origins remain unknown. In this study, we use both osteological analysis and isotopes—both light (C, N, and O) and heavy isotopes of strontium in the tooth enamel and bone of 27 individuals from La Isabela—to investigate questions of human provenience and diet. The results of our analyses indicate that while most of the individuals analyzed from the burial series at La Isabela were males from Spain itself, there were several unexpected females and infants, referred to vaguely by the historical sources, in addition to one local native and a person probably from Africa, implying that Africans took part actively in the Spanish venture of settling the New World from the very beginning.
University Press of Florida, 2017
Tiesler and Zabala synthesize documentary evidence and osteological data to reveal a humanized hi... more Tiesler and Zabala synthesize documentary evidence and osteological data to reveal a humanized history of the varied patterns of cultural resilience, adaptation, and elimination of head-shaping practices in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Throughout many regions of the pre-Hispanic Americas, a wide diversity of indigenous body modification practices combined artificial cranial deformation and other practices of identity, status, and gender. Perceived by the Spanish as a non-Western and “uncivilized” practice that was an affront to the new order in corporeal and theological terms, artificial cranial deformation was aggressively targeted for extirpation. Their analysis indicated head shaping was a vital practice of body modification that was assaulted, alienated, and sometimes transformed in creative and unexpected ways eliminated in the various Iberian strongholds of Hispanic America while progressively eliminated in more peripheral settings.
University Press of Florida eBooks, Nov 1, 2010
University Press of Florida eBooks, 2010
A TRAVES DEL ESTUDIO DE LA ALCABALA COMO FIGURA IMPOSITIVA MAS IMPORTANTE DEL SIGLO XVI EN LA COR... more A TRAVES DEL ESTUDIO DE LA ALCABALA COMO FIGURA IMPOSITIVA MAS IMPORTANTE DEL SIGLO XVI EN LA CORONA DE CASTILLA, SE HA TRATADO DE ANALIZAR LAS CARACTERISTICAS DE LA IMPOSICION Y SU DESARROLLO, ASI COMO SU EVOLUCION EN TERMINOS CUANTITATIVOS. SE TRATA, POR TANTO, DE VALORAR LA PRESION FISCAL POR ALCABALAS EN TERMINOS NOMINALES Y PER CAPITA EN EL TERRITORIO CASTELLANO DONDE SE RECAUDABA EL IMPUESTO Y CONOCER LAS POSIBLES IMPLICACIONES ECONOMICAS Y SOCIALES QUE CON LLEVABA LA ADMINISTRACION Y PERCEPCION DE LA IMPOSICION.
University Press of Florida eBooks, Jan 31, 2017
Tiesler and Zabala synthesize documentary evidence and osteological data to reveal a humanized hi... more Tiesler and Zabala synthesize documentary evidence and osteological data to reveal a humanized history of the varied patterns of cultural resilience, adaptation, and elimination of head-shaping practices in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Throughout many regions of the pre-Hispanic Americas, a wide diversity of indigenous body modification practices combined artificial cranial deformation and other practices of identity, status, and gender. Perceived by the Spanish as a non-Western and “uncivilized” practice that was an affront to the new order in corporeal and theological terms, artificial cranial deformation was aggressively targeted for extirpation. Their analysis indicated head shaping was a vital practice of body modification that was assaulted, alienated, and sometimes transformed in creative and unexpected ways eliminated in the various Iberian strongholds of Hispanic America while progressively eliminated in more peripheral settings.
University Press of Florida eBooks, Nov 1, 2010
Tempo-niteroi, Sep 1, 2020
El clero secular iberoamericano en la Época Moderna Artigo recebido em 5 de setembro de 2019 e ap... more El clero secular iberoamericano en la Época Moderna Artigo recebido em 5 de setembro de 2019 e aprovado para publicação em 3 de julho de 2020.
Temas antropológicos: Revista científica de investigaciones regionales, 2009
Este trabajo tiene como objetivo lograr un acercamiento a la interpretacion de las Fuentes Docume... more Este trabajo tiene como objetivo lograr un acercamiento a la interpretacion de las Fuentes Documentales de la epoca Colonial. En ellas pueden hallarse indicios de las practicas de sacrificios humanos, realizados por los indigenas mayas despues de la Conquista. En esta ocasion, el estudio se centra basicamente en el analisis de los documentos recopilados sobre el proceso inquisitorial de Fray Diego de Landa en 1562-1565.
Mongolia presents an encompassing, detailed, and intricately woven ethnography of contemporary sh... more Mongolia presents an encompassing, detailed, and intricately woven ethnography of contemporary shamanic practice in an area of northeastern Mongolia. Focusing on experiences of those largely of Buryat ethnicity in a rural district, Manduhai Buyandelger skillfully explores several key themes affecting wider contemporary Mongolia: its socialist history, the sudden transition to a market economy in 1990, and accompanying widespread financial uncertainty and gendered power relations. These are a population trying to rectify unclear forms of spiritual debt wrought by attempted socialist stateengineered "forgetting" of spiritual, shamanic knowledge. The proliferation of "tragic spirits," or uheer, spirits of those who fell victim to state violence during socialism and whose gravesites are unknown, Buyandelger writes, are noted as the cause for much continuous misfortune as people in this district deal with the uncertainty and accompanying poverty of Mongolia's ongoing "transition" to a market economy. The author paints a complex portrait of the postsocialist proliferation of shamanism, describing how people attempt to calm these uheer and find, remember, and honor existing, powerful, and established "origin spirits." This book admirably maps this postsocialist proliferation of shamanic practice from multiple angles simultaneously. Buyandelger opens the first section of the book by examining the mutual constitution of history and memory. At first positioning the reader on a historical perspective, she highlights how shamanism has long been a way for a mobile, oppressed people to contain and proliferate sociospiritual memory through oral narrative and the spiritual imbuement of mobile shamanic paraphernalia. Buyandelger alternates between using oral narratives of shamanism as a resource to learn about history and (especially in later chapters) conducting a gendered analysis of narrative and memory itself. This book maintains this depiction of Buryat experience through a shamanic lens. In later sections, the author admirably explores the larger "economy of shamanism" from multi
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2014
ABSTRACT This article explores the living conditions and specifically the possible etiologies of ... more ABSTRACT This article explores the living conditions and specifically the possible etiologies of subperiosteal reactions among those seafarers who did not survive Christopher Columbus' second voyage to the Americas and died at La Isabela, the first permanent European settlement in the New World, which is located in present-day Dominican Republic. The town was founded in 1494 by Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) and occupied for only four years. This study analyzes the macroscopic and histological evidence of the skeletal series excavated from this contact cemetery, which is presently curated at the Museo del Hombre Dominicano. Twenty of the 27 systematically scored individuals reveal subperiosteal bone accretions and in at least 15 individuals, these accretions appear bilaterally. The morphology, distribution and healing stages of the majority of these lesions provide new, direct evidence suggesting severe adult scurvy, a condition caused by sustained vitamin C deprivation, which was common among seafarers before the 18th century. The historical context surrounding the individuals' death at the European contact settlement and the conditions and duration of Christopher Columbus' second transatlantic voyage to the New World, represent key elements in the interpretation of these lesions. In this case, the evidence also corroborates the known failure of Columbus' crew to exploit the locally available foods rich in vitamin C. Scurvy probably contributed significantly to the outbreak of sickness and collective death within the first months of La Isabela's settlement, an aspect that inflects the current discussion about the degree of virulence of New World infections that decimated the European newcomers, who we conclude to have been already debilitated and exhausted by scurvy and general malnutrition. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Current Anthropology, 2020
This study focuses on the origins and diet of the seafarers on Columbus’s second voyage, individu... more This study focuses on the origins and diet of the seafarers on Columbus’s second voyage, individuals whose mortal remains were buried in the churchyard of the settlement of La Isabela. This was the very first European town in the Americas, founded by Columbus in the present-day Dominican Republic in early January 1494. Historical sources indicate that most of the crew came from the region of Andalucía, while the remainder came from a range of other geographical locations. It is also likely that some individuals had been born elsewhere and migrated to Spain before embarking on their transatlantic voyage. However, their precise origins remain unknown. In this study, we use both osteological analysis and isotopes—both light (C, N, and O) and heavy isotopes of strontium in the tooth enamel and bone of 27 individuals from La Isabela—to investigate questions of human provenience and diet. The results of our analyses indicate that while most of the individuals analyzed from the burial series at La Isabela were males from Spain itself, there were several unexpected females and infants, referred to vaguely by the historical sources, in addition to one local native and a person probably from Africa, implying that Africans took part actively in the Spanish venture of settling the New World from the very beginning.
University Press of Florida, 2017
Tiesler and Zabala synthesize documentary evidence and osteological data to reveal a humanized hi... more Tiesler and Zabala synthesize documentary evidence and osteological data to reveal a humanized history of the varied patterns of cultural resilience, adaptation, and elimination of head-shaping practices in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Throughout many regions of the pre-Hispanic Americas, a wide diversity of indigenous body modification practices combined artificial cranial deformation and other practices of identity, status, and gender. Perceived by the Spanish as a non-Western and “uncivilized” practice that was an affront to the new order in corporeal and theological terms, artificial cranial deformation was aggressively targeted for extirpation. Their analysis indicated head shaping was a vital practice of body modification that was assaulted, alienated, and sometimes transformed in creative and unexpected ways eliminated in the various Iberian strongholds of Hispanic America while progressively eliminated in more peripheral settings.