Jesper Nielsen

Jesper Nielsen

Associate Professor


  1. 2019
  2. Published

    The Early Classic Murals of El Rosario, Queretaro, Mexico: Description and Iconographic Analysis

    Nielsen, Jesper, Helmke, Christophe, Fenoglio, F. & Saint-Charles Zetina, J. C., 2019, In: Ancient America. 14, p. 1-75 75 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2018
  4. Published

    The Face of Xolotl: A Unique Mosaic-covered Object in the National Museum of Copenhagen

    Nielsen, Jesper & Domenici, D., 10 Oct 2018, In: Mexicon. XL, 5, p. 122-134 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    'Where the sun came into being': Rites of Pyrolatry, Transition, and Transformation in Early Classic Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2018, Smoke, Flames, and the Human Body in Mesoamerican Ritual Practice. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, p. 77-107 31 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  6. 2017
  7. Published

    The World of a Whorl: Considerations on Aztec Spindle Whorl Iconography

    Nielsen, Jesper, 13 Nov 2017, PreColumbian Textile Conference VII. Bjerregaard, L. & Peters, A. (eds.). Nebraska: University of Lincoln, p. 132-140 9 p. 6

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Mapa de Xochitepec

    Nielsen, Jesper, 1 Jul 2017

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The Cave and the Butterfly: Thoughts on Death and Rebirth in Ancient Mesoamerica

    Nielsen, Jesper, 27 Apr 2017, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 10, p. 101-112 12 p., 4.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Los bebedores de Tetitla: representaciones del consumo ritual de pulque en los murales de Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2017, Las pinturas realistas de Tetitla, Teotihuacan: estudios a través de la obra de Agustín Villagra Caleti. Staines Cicero, L. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Mexico: Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, p. 135-163 28 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Of Gods and Rituals: The Religion of Teotihuacan

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2017, Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire. Robb, M. H. (ed.). San Francisco: University of California Press, p. 130-137 8 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    The Storm God: Lord of Rain and Ravage

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2017, Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire. Robb, M. H. (ed.). San Francisco: University of California Press, p. 138-143 6 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Tras las huellas de la tradición cartográfica en el altiplano central de México

    Helmke, Christophe, Nielsen, Jesper & Rivera Guzmán, A. I., 2017, In: Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl. 54, p. 79-133

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 2016
  15. Published

    Skrevet på papir og skind: Mesomerikanske manuskripter fra præcolumbiansk tid til kolonitiden

    Nielsen, Jesper, Helmke, Christophe & Balle, M., 15 Dec 2016, In: Denmark. Kongelige Bibliotek. Fund og Forskning. 55, p. 9-85 76 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Sequential Text-Image Pairings among the Classic Maya

    Nielsen, Jesper & Wichmann, S., 15 Feb 2016, The Visual Narrative Reader. Cohn, N. (ed.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 283-313 30 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Beretningen om Blomsterbjerget: Et sjældent mexicansk håndskrift i Etnografisk Samling

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2016, In: Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark. p. 80-91 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. 2015
  19. Published

    Dedications and Devils: Comparing Visual Representations in Early Colonial Mesoamerican Sources and Guaman Poma's Nueva corónica

    Nielsen, Jesper & Hansen, M. F., 1 Dec 2015, Unlocking the Doors to the Worlds of Guaman Poma and His Nueva corónica. Adorno, R. & Boserup, I. (eds.). København: Museum Tusculanum, p. 233-268 35 p. 8. (Danish Humanist Texts and Studies, Vol. 50).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Estratos, regiones e híbridos: Una reconsideración de la cosmología mesoamericana

    Nielsen, Jesper & Reunert, T., 1 Dec 2015, Cielos e inframundos: Una revisión de las cosmologías mesoamericanas. Díaz, A. (ed.). Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, p. 25-64 39 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    The Defeat of the Great Bird in Myth and Royal Pageantry: A Mesoamerican Myth in a Comparative Perspective

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2015, In: Comparative Mythology. 1, 1, p. 23-60 38 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    The Fall of the Great Celestial Bird: A Master Myth in Early Classic Central Mexico

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2015, In: Ancient America. 13, p. 1-46 47 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2014
  24. Published

    "To Sing Arrows": Observations on the Representation of Sound in the Writing and Iconography of Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2014, A Celebration of the Life and Work of Pierre Robert Colas. Helmke, C. & Sachse, F. (eds.). München: Verlag Anton Saurwein, p. 175-191 17 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 27).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Besat af døden? Et kritisk blik på forestillinger om De dødes dag i Mexico

    Nielsen, Jesper & Haakanson, M., 2014, In: Religion. Tidsskriftet for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF. 2014, 4, p. 28-40 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Estudio preliminar de la iconografía de los murales de El Rosario, Querétaro, México

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2014, El Valle de San Juan del Río: Un palimpsesto arqueológico. Saint-Charles Zetina, J. C. (ed.). Santiago de Querétaro, México: Fondo Editorial de Querétaro, p. 75-83 9 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  27. Published

    Frans Blom y el desciframiento de la escritura maya

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2014

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    House of the Serpent Mat, House of Fire: The Names of Buildings in Teotihuacan Writing

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2014, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 7, p. 113-139 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Identifying the Provenance and Dating of Maya Influences at the Cacaxtla Court

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2014, Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica. Nehammer Knub, J., Helmke, C. & Nielsen, J. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 17-35 19 p. (Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Vol. 4).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    If Mountains Could Speak: Ancient Toponyms Recorded at Teotihuacan, Mexico

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2014, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 7, p. 73-112 40 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica: An Introduction

    Nehammer Knub, J., Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2014, Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica. Nehammer Knub, J., Helmke, C. & Nielsen, J. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. ix-xiii (Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Vol. 4).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

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