Publications [#285498] of Irene Silverblatt

Book Chapters

1. Silverblatt, I. "Power and Memory in Latin America: The Uses of the Pre-Columbian Past." Archaeology and Society in the 21st Century: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Case Studies. Edited by Silberman, NA; Frerichs, ES.  ( 2001.): 21-32.

   Abstract:
   This essay, published in the proceedings of an international conference on archaeology and memory in light of the publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls, explores how conceptions of the pre-Columbian past have been used to support political agendas. It includes a critique of von Daniken’s theory of the extraterrestrial origins of pre- Columbian sites, Mexican revolutionary ideology, and Indianist movements in Peru.