The UCLA Library and the UCLA César E. Chávez
Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana and Chicano Studies
cordially invite you to a reception for the exhibit
Aztlanahuac: Mesoamerica in North America
6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., on Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA
Administrative Conference Room
To RSVP or for more information, call 310/825/4954 or ncorral@library.ucla.edu
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 the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica.
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. The principal organizers are nationally syndicated
columnists Roberto Rodríguez and Patrisia Gonzales, 2003 Distinguished Community Scholars at the Center. Contributors include Dr.
Antonio Rios Bustamante, Dr. Irene Vásquez, and Frank Gutiérrez; Daniela Conde, Cynthia González, and Rosario Luis, UCLA
students; Jo Anna Ley, Chávez Center Webmistress. Reynaldo F. Macías, Chair of the Chávez Center, and Juan Gómez-Quińones,
professor of history, served as advisors.