Jesper Nielsen

Jesper Nielsen

Associate Professor


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    A Dark Horse of the Early Postclassic Period: Observations on the Iconography and Epigraphy of El Cerrito, Queretaro.

    Nielsen, Jesper, Helmke, Christophe & Fenoglio, F., 2023, When East Meets West: Chichen Itza, Tula, and the Postclassic Mesoamerican World . Stanton, T., Taube, K., Coltman, J. & Marengo Camacho, N. (eds.). Oxford: BAR Oxford publications, p. 479-488 9 p.

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

  3. Published

    The Writing System of Epiclassic Central Mexico

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2023, Western Mesoamerican Calendars and Writing Systems: Proceedings of the Copenhagen Roundtable. Bøg Clemmensen, M. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, Vol. 18. p. 49-74 25 p. (Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Vol. 18).

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

  4. 2022
  5. Published

    The Mesoamerican Collection of the National Museum of Denmark

    Nielsen, Jesper, Jun 2022, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History. Oxford University Press, 20 p.

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

  6. Published

    De dioses y rituales: La religión de Teotihuacan

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2022, Teotihuacan: Ciudad de agua, ciudad de fuego. Robb, M. H. (ed.). Mexico By: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, p. 144-151

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  7. Published

    El dios de las tormentas: Señor de la lluvia y la devastación

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2022, Teotihuacan: Ciudad de agua, ciudad de fuego. Robb, M. H. (ed.). Mexico By: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, p. 152-158

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  8. Published

    Un estado de temor y belleza: Una visita a la tierra de fray Jacobo Daciano

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2022, La bruñida caoba: entre dos espejos. Lationamérica y Escandinvia. Jensen, J. & Moreno, A. (eds.). Chihuahua, Chihuahua: Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, p. 260-280 20 p.

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  9. 2021
  10. Published

    "The Devil Incarnate": A Comparative Perspective on "Deer-Serpents" in Mesoamerican Beliefs and Ritual Practices

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2021, Sorcery in Mesoamerica. Coltman, J. & Pohl, J. (eds.). Louisville: University Press of Colorado, p. 236-282 46 p.

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  11. Published

    Blowgunners and the Great Bird at Teotihuacan: Mesoamerican Myths in a Comparative Perspective

    Nielsen, Jesper, Taube, K., Helmke, Christophe & Escobedo, H., 2021, The Myths of the Popol Vuh in Cosmology, Art and Ritual. Moyes, H., Christenson, A. & Sachse, F. (eds.). Louisville: University Press of Colorado, p. 295-314

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  12. Published

    Introducción

    Nielsen, Jesper & Ojeda Dávila, L., 2021, El franciscano danés que se convirtió en santo indígena: El legado de Fray Jacobo Daciano. Dávila, L. & Nielsen, J. (eds.). Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, p. 21-32 11 p.

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  13. Published

    La Tierra de los Lagos: Las culturas precolombinas de Michoacán

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2021, El franciscano danés que se convirtió en santo indígena: El legado de Fray Jacobo Daciano. Nielsen, J. & Ojeda Dávila, L. (eds.). Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, p. 35-47 12 p.

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  14. 2020
  15. Published

    Colliding Universes: A Reconsideration of the Structure of the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Cosmos

    Nielsen, Jesper & Reunert, T. S., 15 Apr 2020, Reshaping the World: : Debates on Mesoamerican Colonial Cosmologies. Díaz, A. (ed.). Louisville: University Press of Colorado, p. 31-69 38 p.

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  16. 2019
  17. Published

    Hearts and Torches: Possible Teotihuacan Militart Entradas in North-Central and Western Mesoamerica

    Nielsen, Jesper, 1 Dec 2019, See Cokingnflict in Mesoamerica: Operational, Cognitive, and Experiental Approaches. G. Morton, S. & M. Peuramaki-Brown, M. (eds.). Louisville: University Press of Colorado, p. 145-165 21 p.

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

  18. Published

    How the Hell: Thoughts on the Colonial Demonization of the Maya Underworld

    Nielsen, Jesper, 14 Nov 2019, Maya Cosmology: Terrestrial and Celestial Landscapes : Proceedings of the 19th European Maya Conference, Bratislava, November 17-22, 2014. Kovac, M., Kettunen, H. & Krempel, G. (eds.). München: Verlag Anton Saurwein, p. 241-249 9 p.

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

  19. Published

    Across the Hills, toward the Ocean: Teotihuacan-style Monuments in Guerrero, Mexico

    Nielsen, Jesper, Jiménez García, E. & Rivera Guzmán, A. I., Apr 2019, Interregional Interaction in Ancient Mesoamerica. Englehardt, J. & Carrasco, M. (eds.). Louisville: University Press of Colorado, p. 176-209 34 p.

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

  20. 2018
  21. 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

  22. 2017
  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 2016
  28. 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

  29. 2015
  30. 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

  31. 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.

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  32. 2014
  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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).

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  36. 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).

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  37. Published

    Where Kings Once Ruled? Considerations on Palaces and Rulership at Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2014, Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica. Nehammer Knub, J., Helmke, C. & Nielsen, J. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 1-16 16 p. (Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Vol. 4).

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  38. 2013
  39. Published

    The World in a Gourd: A Comparative Perspective on Origin Myths of the Maya and Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, Oct 2013, The Maya in a Mesoamerican Context: Comparative Approaches to Maya Studies : proceedings of the 16th European Maya Conference, Copenhagen, December 5-10, 2011. Nielsen, J. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Markt Schwaben: Verlag Anton Saurwein, p. 17-33 17 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 26).

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

  40. Published

    The Writing on the Wall: A Paleographic Analysis of the Maya Texts of Tetitla, Teotihuacan

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, Oct 2013, The Maya in a Mesoamerican Context: Comparative Approaches to Maya Studies : proceedings of the 16th European Maya Conference, Copenhagen, December 5-10, 2011. Nielsen, J. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Markt Schwaben: Verlag Anton Saurwein, p. 123-166 44 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 26).

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

  41. Published

    La escritura jeroglífica de Cacaxtla

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 18 Jan 2013, La Pintura Mural Prehispánica en México. Uriarte Castañeda, M. T. & Salazar Gil, F. (eds.). Mexico, D.F.: Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, Vol. V. Cacaxtla. Tomo II. Estudios. p. 383-425 43 p.

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  42. Published

    La iconografía de Cacaxtla bajo la influencia maya: Identidad, procedencia y datación

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 18 Jan 2013, La Pintura Mural Prehispánica en México. Uriarte Castañeda, M. T. & Salazar Gil, F. (eds.). Mexico, D.F.: Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, Vol. V. Cacaxtla. Tomo II. Estudios. p. 363-381 19 p.

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

  43. 2011
  44. Published

    Mesoamerika

    Nielsen, Jesper, 15 Aug 2011, Gyldendals religionshistorie.: Ritualer, mytologi, ikonografi.. Jensen, T., Rothstein, M. & Podemann Sørensen, J. (eds.). København: Gyldendal, p. 602-619 17 p.

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

  45. 2008
  46. Published

    At kende andre historier end vores egne: et rids af den danske amerikanistforskning

    Nielsen, Jesper & Hansen, M. F., 2008, De mange veje til Mesoamerika: Hyldestskrift til Una Canger. Nielsen, J. & Fritz Hansen, M. (eds.). København: Museum Tusculanum, 31 p.

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

  47. 2006
  48. Published

    The Coming of the Torch: Observations on Teotihuacan Iconography in Early Classic Tikal

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2006, Maya Ethnicity: the Construction of Ethnic Identity from the Preclassic to Modern Times. Sachse, F. (ed.). Markt Schwaben, Tyskland: Verlag Anton Saurwein, p. 19-30

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

  49. 2005
  50. Published

    Det spirende kranium: kraniets betydninger i det gamle Mesoamerika

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2005, Livet med de døde: en antologi. Lunding Johansen, G. & Haakonsen, M. (eds.). København: Skoletjenesten/Kulturcentret Assistens, p. 18-21

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  51. Published

    Konsulen i Corozal: Matthias Levys samling af røgelseskar fra mayakulturen i Belize

    Nielsen, Jesper & Andersen, B. J., 2005, Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark. Larsen, C. U. & Gammeltoft, B. (eds.). København: Nationalmuseet, p. 141-149

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

  52. 2004
  53. Published

    Metropolen Teotihuacen: et eksempel på urbanisering i Mesoamerika

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2004, Vandkunstens mange ansigter: atten arkæologiske essays. Lyngstrøm, H., Brinch Petersen, E. & Storgaard, B. (eds.). København: Saxo-Instituttet, p. 95-100

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  54. 2001
  55. Published

    På sjælerejse med den fjerklædte slange: nyt lys på en olmekisk figur i Nationalmuseets præcolumbiske samling

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2001, Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark 2001. Kbh.: Nationalmuseet, p. 88-99

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  56. 2000
  57. Published

    America´s First Comics? Techniques, Contents, and Functions of Sequential Text Image Pairing in the Classic Maya Period

    Wichmann, S. & Nielsen, Jesper, 2000, Comics and Culture: Analytical and Theoretical Approaches to Comics. Magnussen, A. & Christiansen, H-C. (eds.). København: Museum Tusculanum, p. 59 - 77

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