Publications [#285498] of Irene Silverblatt

Papers Published

1. Silverblatt, I, Power and Memory in Latin America: The Uses of the Pre-Columbian Past, in Archaeology and Society in the 21st Century: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Case Studies, edited by Silberman, NA; Frerichs, ES (2001), pp. 21-32, The Dorot Foundation
   (last updated on 2025/04/23)

   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.