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Patricia Fournier

Archaeological Distribution of Chinese Porcelain in Mexico co-authored by
Patricia Fournier and Roberto Junco Sanchez comprehensively deals with the
distribution of Chinese porcelains archaeologically recovered from several Mexican
sites located both in the urban and rural settings, mostly from the Mexico City and
Acapulco seaport. More than 5000 shards of Asian ceramics had been studied,
showing the types of ceramics cargo galleon to New Spain throughout the colonial
period. The authors overviewed the archaeological evidence attesting the content,
date, and spatial distribution of Chinese export porcelains transported to New Spain
from the late 1500s to the early 1800s, reflecting the commerce and consumption of
Asian ceramics as “fragments of globalization”.

Roberto Junco Sanchez

The San Blas in Nayarit of Mexico located at the Paci!c coast of Mexico had not
only been an active and important seaport as a stop for the galleon navigation from
Manila to Acapulco, but also been an of!cial Maritime Department of New Spain