The Road to Aztlan: Art from a Mythic Homeland

Forewords Sponsor's Statements Aztlan: From Myth to Reality - Miguel León-Portilla Map(s) PART I HERE BEGINS THE ROAD Chichimecatlalli: Strategies for Cultural and Commercial Exchange between Mexico and the American Southwest, 1100-1521 John M. D. Pohl The Breath of Life: The Symbolism of Wind in the Mesoamerica and the American Southwest Karl Taube Goggle Eyes and Crested Serpents of Barrier Canyon: Early Mesoamerican Iconography and the Archaic Southwest James D. Farmer Quetzalcoatl and the Horned and Feathered Serpent of the Southwest Polly Schaafsma In Space and Out of Context: Picture Making in the Ancient American Southwest J. J. Brody Shadows on a Silent Landscape: Art and Symbol at Prehistoric Casas Grandes Anne I. Woosley A Macroeconomic Study of the Relationships between the Ancient Cultrues of the American Southwest and Mesoamerica Phil C. Weigand and Acelia García de Weigand Mesoamerican Copper Bells in the Pre-Hispanic Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico Victoria D. Vargas Landscape and Polity: The Interplay of Land, History, and Power in the Ancient Southwest Stephen H. Lekson PART II ANCIENT ROADS, NEW JOURNEYS Spaniards in Aztlan Carroll L. Riley The Road to Aztlan Ends in New Mexico Danna A. Levin Rojo A Lost Continent: Writings without an Alphabet Enrique Chagoya An Unbroken Thread: The Persistence of Pueblo Textile Traditions in the Postcolonial Era Laurie D. Webster Mestizaje: Its History, Evolution, and Legacy on the Road to Aztlan Ramón A. Gutiérrez PART III THE LANDSCAPE OF AZTLAN Centers in the Pueblo World Rina Swentzell Where Past and Present Meet: The Ex-votos of Mexican Immigrants Michele Beltrán and Elin Luque Spiritual Geographies Amalia Mesa-Bains Inventing Tradition, Negotiating Modernism: Chicano/a Art and Pre-Columbian Past Victor Zamudio-Taylor The Aztlan: Nepantla (and Other Sites of Transmogrification) Constance Cortez Checklist of the Exhibition Lenders to the Exhibition Acknowledgments References Illustration Credits Index