In memoriam

Eloise Quiones Keber is the author of over fifty articles and book chapters, spanning a breathtaking array of subject matter, from representations of divination and ritual in the Florentine codex to Alexander von Humboldt's drawings of Mexica monumental sculpture.As I pore over Eloise's CV in search of synthetic threads across a fourdecade career that defies simple summation, I am struck by her deep recognition of the scholars who paved the way for her own scholarship through contributions to countless homenaje volumes such as her 'The Aztec image of Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl,' published in Smoke and mist: Mesoamerican studies in memory of Thelma D. Sullivan (1988); her essay, 'La reprsentation des rituels dans le Tonalamatl du Codex Borbonicus,' published in Mille ans de civilisation mesoamricaine des Mayas aux Aztques: hommages Jacques Soustelle (1995); and 'H.B. Nicholson and the archaeological bug,' published in Fanning the sacred flame: Mesoamerican studies in honor of H. B. Nicholson (2012), among many others.As I recall in my graduate seminars with Professor Keber, she always urged us to dive deeply into the historiographical foundations of our respective subfields and to treat that scholarship with care and respect-an important counterpoint to the common graduate student penchant for critique above all else.She helped us to recognize that the scholars that came before us are not mere abstractions, but actual people.This

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