Crafting the Secrets of the Ancient Maya: Media Representations of Archaeological Exploration and the Cultural Politics of US Informal Empire in 1920s Yucatan
During the 1920s, a wave of U.S. scientists and journalists descended on Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to unlock the riddles of the ancient Maya: their origins, their cultures, and their disappearance. These expeditions, widely publicized in US newspapers, taught the public abo...
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| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
| Online Access: | https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/652 |