Alfonso caso y andrade february 1, 1896 in mexico city november 30, 1970 in mexico city. Caso believed that the systematic study of ancient mexican civilizations was an important way to understand mexican cultural roots. Caso, alfonso 18961970, celebrated for his ex traordinary intellectual. Download the codex bodley has long been recognized as one of the most important mixtec manuscripts. For several decades, alfonso caso was a guide to not a few generations of mexican archae ologists, a creator of various centers of. The fruit of years of careful archeological and anthropological study, alfonso casos presentation of aztec culture gave an authoritative account of precolombian religious, political, and social practices. He was awarded the alfonso caso medal to the best ph. Covarrubias turns toward a longtime friend, the famous archaeologist dr. Alfonso caso, the commissioner general of the moma show. Authors frank buschmann, regine meunier, retrofit rohnert, peter sommerlad, mose stal 37 mb. Caso y andrade studied at the university of mexico and subsequently. The earlier excavations of caso and acosta revealed features which are of particular.
Both caso and covarrubias served on the exhibitions organizing committee and embraced the opportunity to present mexicos ancient roots as the source of its modern culture. Caso was born into a family where ideas and critical thinking were. Alfonso caso y andrade mexican anthropologist britannica. Alfonso caso y andrade february 1, 1896 in mexico city november 30, 1970 in mexico city was an archaeologist who made important contributions to precolumbian studies in his native mexico. Alfonso caso andrade 18961970 ruz lhuillier estudios. Various scholars undertook the difficult work of edit ing the codices and. Automatically supervisory video memories via skype and with them in the avi, mpeg, or divx church. Excavations were conducted in the area under alfonso caso during the. Although it is not the policy of the american anthropologist to publish translations, the importance of dr. Painted shortly before the spanish conquest of mexico 1521, in the mixtec region state of oaxaca, it is an excellent example of native mixtec pictorial historiography in all its complexity. Alfonso but also his brother antonio, the noted philosopher, came to be prominent figures in their own country and outside, on account of their cultural contributions.