Colonial Entanglements at Tahcabo, Yucatán

McAnany, Patricia A.; Alpuche, Adolfo Iván Batún; Dedrick, Maia

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“…Research at the site of Tahcabo was designed to study that process. Investigations take place in partnership with town residents through a research project called Proyecto Arqueológico Colaborativo del Oriente de Yucatán (PACOY), codirected by authors Adolfo Iván Batún Alpuche and Patricia A. McAnany (Batún Alpuche, McAnany, and Dedrick, 2017; McAnany, Batún Alpuche, and Dedrick, 2020). Located approximately 12 km southeast of Tizimín (Figure 1), Tahcabo was designated as a mission town to which religious officials forcefully gathered people, and where they worked to convert them.…”

Section: Manifestations Of Violence In the Countrysidementioning

confidence: 99%

Tracing the structural consequences of colonialism in rural Yucatán, Mexico

Dedrick

McAnany

Alpuche

2023

American Anthropologist

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Archaeologists from the United States working in what is referred to as the Maya area have paid insufficient attention to the structural violence of colonial rule and how their own narratives may perpetuate it. This article addresses the pervasive effects of colonial violence on farming communities in Yucatán, Mexico, which resulted in the undercutting of sustainable livelihoods and the imposition of hierarchies leading to systemic racism. The interpretation of archaeological and historical evidence can reveal the challenges that colonialism and its consequences posed for Indigenous peoples in their daily lives and also distinguish tactics that they used to achieve well-being. Following an account of colonial policies and their outcomes, we demonstrate how closely linked archaeological practice has been with colonial and imperial interests in Yucatán and suggest how archaeologists can reckon with the violence of colonialism and its resonances in archaeology today.

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Section: Manifestations Of Violence In the Countrysidementioning

confidence: 99%