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Tiempo detenido, tiempo suficiente: Ensayos y narraciones mesoamericanistas en homenaje a Alfonso Lacadena García-Gallo
The first volume of the Wayeb Publication Series is a Gedenkschrift to Alfonso Lacadena García-Gallo (1964–2018).
Alfonso was one of the founders and a great supporter of Wayeb. The numerous presentations and workshops he gave at the EMCs between 1997 and 2016, have inspired colleagues and students from different parts of the world. This is the reason why we considered that it is more than appropriate that a volume dedicated to Alfonso would be the one inaugurating the new Wayeb Publication Series. In accordance with the spirit of Alfonso, of a collaborative, open and accessible nature, this volume is published digitally and it is freely accessible on the Wayeb webpage to facilitate its dissemination.
The volume has been divided in three sections, preceded by writings by Alfonso and his family. The first section of this volume brings together a series of writings in which his contributions to the field of research and teaching are collected, from the end of the eighties until he left us in the month of February 2018. The authors of these texts are those who have had the joy of being able to share innumerable experiences with Alfonso, both in fieldwork in archaeological sites of Mexico and Guatemala and in the daily life of the Complutense University in Madrid and the Autonomous University of Yucatán.
The second part of this publication includes the research of numerous colleagues and specialists in Mesoamerican studies, starting with the publication of “New Research on the Aztec Script: A True Writing System” that Alfonso delivered in October 2011, at Harvard University, when he was awarded the Tatiana Proskouriakoff Award. Following, the reader will find texts on Mesoamerican writing systems and languages, iconography, belief systems and ritual practices, and accounts on the Contact period and the Colonial era. Some of these texts were generated from long conversations or joint work with Alfonso, while others present ideas that do not always agree with some of his proposals. However, all agree that the field of Mesoamerican research has lost a brilliant thinker and an admired professional.
The last section brings together a collection of memories and anecdotes that the colleagues and friends of Alfonso shared with him. Some are funny, others emotional, but all of them show the immense human quality that characterized Alfonso, as well as his catching enthusiasm in each activity he undertook, his passionate way of working, and his singing skills.
