Bethany Aram
Biographic Data
| ID | 261287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bethany Aram |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bethany |
| FAMILY NAME | Aram |
| SIGNATURE | ARAM B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Pablo de Olavide |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1724-0812 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Anchoring an Empire: Gender and Ethnicity in Colonial Panama
Anchoring an Empire is a bottom-up exploration of how gender and ethnicity shaped the lived experience of Spanish subjects across the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century isthmus of Panama. Focusing on understudied historical actors, Bethany Aram sheds light on how indigenous Americans, Afro-descendants, and Europeans contributed to critical debates on race and gender. From the Caribbean port cities of Nombre de Díos and Portobello, to Panama Viejo…
The Power of Necessity: Reason of State in the Spanish Monarchy, c. 1590–1650
An interdisciplinary approach to the collapse of the port and degradation of freshwater resources at Panama Viejo (Panama), 1519–1671
The Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo (Panama) comprises a protected area of 28 km 2 within present‐day Panama City, on America's Pacific coast. In 1519, the Spaniards founded the city of Panama Viejo to secure a natural port in an area inhabited by indigenous peoples since at least the eighth century CE. The site, along the coastline and between two rivers, became a principal gateway for goods and people travelling between Europe and Pacific s…
De Sangre y Leche. Raza y religión en el mundo ibérico moderno, edited by Mercedes García Arenal and Felipe Pereda
The First Cathedral on America’s Pacific Coast
New research dispels the idea that Panamá Viejo was initially founded one-half mile from the site of its visible present-day ruins. The archaeological and historical evidence, subjected to interdisciplinary analysis, demonstrates that the city remained on the same main plaza next to its natural port from its founding 500 years ago until its destruction in 1671. The data reconsidered and newly uncovered also suggest reasons for previous misinterpr…
Dietary continuity and change at Panama Viejo from an interdisciplinary perspective, C. 600–1671
The study of food consumption during the colonial period in Panama Viejo traditionally has been based on chronicles and archival documentation. The present analysis reassesses the historical information about diet in this colonial enclave based on microbotanical, isotopic and bioanthropological evidence obtained from the excavations within and outside the remains of the old city’s Cathedral in two locations and four chronological periods to compl…
The integration of heterogeneous information from diverse disciplines regarding persons and goods
This article presents a relational database capable of integrating data from a variety of types of written sources as well as material remains. In response to historical research questions, information from such diverse sources as documentary, bioanthropological, isotopic, and DNA analyses has been assessed, homogenized, and situated in time and space. Multidisciplinary ontologies offer complementary and integrated perspectives regarding persons …
Aproximaciones a la población de Panamá Viejo a partir de la arqueología funeraria y la documentación histórica, 1519-1671
Este artículo contrasta los resultados de distintas campañas arqueológicas en Panamá Viejo con los datos registrados en la documentación histórica, preservada fundamentalmente en el Archivo General de Indias. Analiza registros complementarios que permiten profundizar en la problemática de la conservación parcial de distintos tipos de fuentes, así como sus posibilidades y limitaciones. El consiguiente diálogo interdisciplinar elucida algunas de la…
Entre dos mares? Reflexiones a partir de la Historia Atlántica y hacía tres conceptos de la Historia Global
Una reciente proliferación de publicaciones en torno a la historia global invita reflexionar sobre las transferencias metodológicas implícitas y posibles entre la Historia Atlántica y la Nueva Historia Global. La tipología propuesta en este artículo subraya avances en la Historia Atlántica aplicables más allá del Atlántico y entre el Atlántico y el Pacífico por rutas tan claves como las forjadas para cruzar el istmo de Panamá en la temprana globa…
La primera globalización desde América: Comercio, agentes y bienes entre el mundo atlántico y pacífico, ss. XV-XVII
El espacio americano posiblemente fue el continente que se transformó de manera más intensa durante la primera globalización. Tras el deshielo del estrecho de Bering, el contacto entre este continente y el resto del globo se hizo a través de las grandes masas oceánicas que lo circundan. En larga medida, los sistemas de navegación transatlántica y transpacífica que forjó y promocionó el imperio español – la Carrera de Indias y el Galeón de Manila,…
Caribbean ginger and Atlantic trade, 1570–1648
Ginger smuggled out of Asia flourished on the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The oriental root, whose migration and transplantation Spanish sovereigns sought to stimulate, enjoyed more of a market in England and the Low Countries than in Castile. A differentiated demand for ginger in northern and southern Europe, documented in archival and literary sources, reflected the …
Early Modern Habsburg Women: Transnational Contexts, Cultural Conflicts, Dynastic Continuities
Early Modern Habsburg Women: Transnational Contexts, Cultural Conflicts, Dynastic Continuities. Anne J. Cruz and Maria Galli Stampino, eds. Women and Gender in the Early Modern World. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013. xviii + 294 pp. $129.95. - Volume 68 Issue 2
Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492–1824
Drawing upon economic history, cultural studies, intellectual history and the history of science and medicine, this collection of case studies examines the transatlantic transfer and transformation of
Three Kings between Europe, Africa and America, 1492–1788
We’ve built this digital research platform to provide academics everywhere with fast, stable and secure digital access to our library of over 110,000 scholarly books and 800,000 journal articles. We’ve tested the platform in close cooperation with leading academic institutions. If you have any questions or you notice something doesn’t quite work as it should, please visit our Help/FAQ page and let us know
From the Courts to the Court: History, Literature, and Litigation in the Spanish Atlantic World
This article illuminates essential and often-neglected legal and political contexts for the production of “classical” accounts of the conquest of America written by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478–1557), Bartolomé de las Casas (c. 1474–1566) and Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (1549–1626). Biographical details regarding these authors extracted from legal cases reveal pecuniary and professional interests that influenced writings about the conqu…
Juana the Mad: Sovereignty and dynasty in renaissance Europe
"Born to Isabel and Ferdinand, the Catholic monarchs whose marriage united the realms of Castile and Aragon, Juana "the Mad" (1479-1555) is one of the most infamous but least studied monarchs of the Renaissance. After the deaths of three relatives directly in line for the throne, Juana became heir to her parents' realms. Conventional accounts portray her as a sullen woman prone to depression, a jealous wife insanely in love with her husband, and …
Juana "the Mad's" Signature: The Problem of Invoking Royal Authority, 1505- 1507
The First Cathedral on America’s Pacific Coast
New research dispels the idea that Panamá Viejo was initially founded one-half mile from the site of its visible present-day ruins. The archaeological and historical evidence, subjected to interdisciplinary analysis, demonstrates that the city remained on the same main plaza next to its natural port from its founding 500 years ago until its destruction in 1671. The data reconsidered and newly uncovered also suggest reasons for previous misinterpr…
Caribbean ginger and Atlantic trade, 1570–1648
Ginger smuggled out of Asia flourished on the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The oriental root, whose migration and transplantation Spanish sovereigns sought to stimulate, enjoyed more of a market in England and the Low Countries than in Castile. A differentiated demand for ginger in northern and southern Europe, documented in archival and literary sources, reflected the …
Dietary continuity and change at Panama Viejo from an interdisciplinary perspective, C. 600–1671
The study of food consumption during the colonial period in Panama Viejo traditionally has been based on chronicles and archival documentation. The present analysis reassesses the historical information about diet in this colonial enclave based on microbotanical, isotopic and bioanthropological evidence obtained from the excavations within and outside the remains of the old city’s Cathedral in two locations and four chronological periods to compl…
La primera globalización desde América: Comercio, agentes y bienes entre el mundo atlántico y pacífico, ss. XV-XVII
El espacio americano posiblemente fue el continente que se transformó de manera más intensa durante la primera globalización. Tras el deshielo del estrecho de Bering, el contacto entre este continente y el resto del globo se hizo a través de las grandes masas oceánicas que lo circundan. En larga medida, los sistemas de navegación transatlántica y transpacífica que forjó y promocionó el imperio español – la Carrera de Indias y el Galeón de Manila,…
Juana "the Mad's" Signature: The Problem of Invoking Royal Authority, 1505- 1507
Juana the Mad: Sovereignty and dynasty in renaissance Europe
"Born to Isabel and Ferdinand, the Catholic monarchs whose marriage united the realms of Castile and Aragon, Juana "the Mad" (1479-1555) is one of the most infamous but least studied monarchs of the Renaissance. After the deaths of three relatives directly in line for the throne, Juana became heir to her parents' realms. Conventional accounts portray her as a sullen woman prone to depression, a jealous wife insanely in love with her husband, and …
Three Kings between Europe, Africa and America, 1492–1788
We’ve built this digital research platform to provide academics everywhere with fast, stable and secure digital access to our library of over 110,000 scholarly books and 800,000 journal articles. We’ve tested the platform in close cooperation with leading academic institutions. If you have any questions or you notice something doesn’t quite work as it should, please visit our Help/FAQ page and let us know
From the Courts to the Court: History, Literature, and Litigation in the Spanish Atlantic World
This article illuminates essential and often-neglected legal and political contexts for the production of “classical” accounts of the conquest of America written by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478–1557), Bartolomé de las Casas (c. 1474–1566) and Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (1549–1626). Biographical details regarding these authors extracted from legal cases reveal pecuniary and professional interests that influenced writings about the conqu…
Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492–1824
Drawing upon economic history, cultural studies, intellectual history and the history of science and medicine, this collection of case studies examines the transatlantic transfer and transformation of
Caribbean ginger and Atlantic trade, 1570–1648
Ginger smuggled out of Asia flourished on the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The oriental root, whose migration and transplantation Spanish sovereigns sought to stimulate, enjoyed more of a market in England and the Low Countries than in Castile. A differentiated demand for ginger in northern and southern Europe, documented in archival and literary sources, reflected the …
Early Modern Habsburg Women: Transnational Contexts, Cultural Conflicts, Dynastic Continuities
Early Modern Habsburg Women: Transnational Contexts, Cultural Conflicts, Dynastic Continuities. Anne J. Cruz and Maria Galli Stampino, eds. Women and Gender in the Early Modern World. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013. xviii + 294 pp. $129.95. - Volume 68 Issue 2
Entre dos mares? Reflexiones a partir de la Historia Atlántica y hacía tres conceptos de la Historia Global
Una reciente proliferación de publicaciones en torno a la historia global invita reflexionar sobre las transferencias metodológicas implícitas y posibles entre la Historia Atlántica y la Nueva Historia Global. La tipología propuesta en este artículo subraya avances en la Historia Atlántica aplicables más allá del Atlántico y entre el Atlántico y el Pacífico por rutas tan claves como las forjadas para cruzar el istmo de Panamá en la temprana globa…
La primera globalización desde América: Comercio, agentes y bienes entre el mundo atlántico y pacífico, ss. XV-XVII
El espacio americano posiblemente fue el continente que se transformó de manera más intensa durante la primera globalización. Tras el deshielo del estrecho de Bering, el contacto entre este continente y el resto del globo se hizo a través de las grandes masas oceánicas que lo circundan. En larga medida, los sistemas de navegación transatlántica y transpacífica que forjó y promocionó el imperio español – la Carrera de Indias y el Galeón de Manila,…
The integration of heterogeneous information from diverse disciplines regarding persons and goods
This article presents a relational database capable of integrating data from a variety of types of written sources as well as material remains. In response to historical research questions, information from such diverse sources as documentary, bioanthropological, isotopic, and DNA analyses has been assessed, homogenized, and situated in time and space. Multidisciplinary ontologies offer complementary and integrated perspectives regarding persons …
Aproximaciones a la población de Panamá Viejo a partir de la arqueología funeraria y la documentación histórica, 1519-1671
Este artículo contrasta los resultados de distintas campañas arqueológicas en Panamá Viejo con los datos registrados en la documentación histórica, preservada fundamentalmente en el Archivo General de Indias. Analiza registros complementarios que permiten profundizar en la problemática de la conservación parcial de distintos tipos de fuentes, así como sus posibilidades y limitaciones. El consiguiente diálogo interdisciplinar elucida algunas de la…
The First Cathedral on America’s Pacific Coast
New research dispels the idea that Panamá Viejo was initially founded one-half mile from the site of its visible present-day ruins. The archaeological and historical evidence, subjected to interdisciplinary analysis, demonstrates that the city remained on the same main plaza next to its natural port from its founding 500 years ago until its destruction in 1671. The data reconsidered and newly uncovered also suggest reasons for previous misinterpr…
Dietary continuity and change at Panama Viejo from an interdisciplinary perspective, C. 600–1671
The study of food consumption during the colonial period in Panama Viejo traditionally has been based on chronicles and archival documentation. The present analysis reassesses the historical information about diet in this colonial enclave based on microbotanical, isotopic and bioanthropological evidence obtained from the excavations within and outside the remains of the old city’s Cathedral in two locations and four chronological periods to compl…
De Sangre y Leche. Raza y religión en el mundo ibérico moderno, edited by Mercedes García Arenal and Felipe Pereda
An interdisciplinary approach to the collapse of the port and degradation of freshwater resources at Panama Viejo (Panama), 1519–1671
The Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo (Panama) comprises a protected area of 28 km 2 within present‐day Panama City, on America's Pacific coast. In 1519, the Spaniards founded the city of Panama Viejo to secure a natural port in an area inhabited by indigenous peoples since at least the eighth century CE. The site, along the coastline and between two rivers, became a principal gateway for goods and people travelling between Europe and Pacific s…
Anchoring an Empire: Gender and Ethnicity in Colonial Panama
Anchoring an Empire is a bottom-up exploration of how gender and ethnicity shaped the lived experience of Spanish subjects across the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century isthmus of Panama. Focusing on understudied historical actors, Bethany Aram sheds light on how indigenous Americans, Afro-descendants, and Europeans contributed to critical debates on race and gender. From the Caribbean port cities of Nombre de Díos and Portobello, to Panama Viejo…
The Power of Necessity: Reason of State in the Spanish Monarchy, c. 1590–1650
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