Aztlanahuac-Mesoamerica in North America Map Exhibit
Begins-Wednesday, April 14th
Ends-Wednesday, June 30, 2004
at Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL)
Exhibit is in the main floor of the library. Admission to library and exhibit is free.
Library hours as follows: Monday – Thursday, 7:30 a.m. – 11 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 p.m. – 10 p.m. Hours on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours vary during UCLA intersession, June 19-27, and during summer session, which begins June 28.
For more information on library hours, locations and parking at UCLA, visit http://www.library.ucla.edu or call (310) 825-8301.
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Place names throughout the United States, such as Montezuma, Aztec, Anahuac, and Tula, have been attributed to the romanticism of 19 century U.S. archaeologists. An ongoing, collaborative research effort has challenged that view by uncovering evidence of ancient connections between these places and northsouth movements of indigenous peoples. This exhibit presents maps and histories from the 1500s through the 1800s that record the location of Aztlán, legendary site of the origin of the Aztec/Mexica peoples, and that trace the migrations of the Aztec/Mexica and those of older Mexican, Chichimeca, Toltec, and Central and South American peoples. It also features interviews that speak ancient of ancient stories, instruction, trade, hunting, and travel. |
The exhibit has been organized by a team from the UCLA César Chávez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana and Chicano Studies. The principal organizers are Roberto Rodríguez and Patrisia Gonzales, 2003 Distinguished Community Scholars at the center and nationally syndicated columnists. Contributors include Antonio Rios-Bustamante, Professor, Chicano Studies, Department of Ethnic and Gender Studies, California State University, Stanislaus; Irene Vásquez, assistant professor of history at East Los Angeles College and a visiting assistant professor at the Chávez Center during 2003; Daniela Conde, Cynthia González, and Rosario Luis, UCLA students; Jo Anna Mixpe Ley, Chavez Center Webmistress; and Frank Gutiérrez, counselor and instructor at East Los Angeles College. Reynaldo F. Macías, chair of the Chávez Center, and Juan Gómez-Quińones, professor of history, served as advisors.