2015
DOI: 10.1007/s11759-015-9268-9
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Contextualizing Archaeology’s “Locals”: A Scalar Approach from El Tajín, Mexico

Abstract: ________________________________________________________________In this article, I build on critiques of the ''local'' trope in archaeology by suggesting that the scalar dimensions of the ''local'' are worth considering in terms of recent thinking on scale in human geography, particularly in the work of Richard Howitt. Employing Howitt's conception of scale as size, level, and relation, I develop a case study centered on the archaeological site of El Tajín. A scale-sensitive analysis yields federal administrat… Show more

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“…During the 1896 subdivision of Lot 19, Ojital y Potrero, surveyor Ignacio Muñoz left “a hectare in the place that the monument of El Taxín occupies” (Brizuela Abasalón, 2011: 5) in parcel 75. This delimitation, though rarely referenced in site historiography, was salient to residents (Holley-Kline, 2015). For instance, in 1904, guard Leopoldo Armengual reported to Inspector of Monuments Leopoldo Batres that, while clearing the Pyramid of the Niches, landowner Francisco García had approached the guard and told him that he could only clear what belonged to the Pyramid, and to leave any other trees alone.…”
Section: Conflict and Accommodation In El Tajínmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…During the 1896 subdivision of Lot 19, Ojital y Potrero, surveyor Ignacio Muñoz left “a hectare in the place that the monument of El Taxín occupies” (Brizuela Abasalón, 2011: 5) in parcel 75. This delimitation, though rarely referenced in site historiography, was salient to residents (Holley-Kline, 2015). For instance, in 1904, guard Leopoldo Armengual reported to Inspector of Monuments Leopoldo Batres that, while clearing the Pyramid of the Niches, landowner Francisco García had approached the guard and told him that he could only clear what belonged to the Pyramid, and to leave any other trees alone.…”
Section: Conflict and Accommodation In El Tajínmentioning
confidence: 99%