Jesper Nielsen

Jesper Nielsen

Associate Professor


  1. 2013
  2. 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

  3. Published

    The Maya in a Mesoamerican Context: Comparative Approaches to Maya Studies : proceedings of the 16th European Maya Conference, Copenhagen, December 5-10, 2011

    Nielsen, Jesper (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), Oct 2013, Markt Schwaben: Verlag Anton Saurwein. 208 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 26).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. 2014
  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Published

    Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica

    Nehammer Knub, J. (ed.), Helmke, Christophe (ed.) & Nielsen, Jesper (ed.), 2014, Oxford: Archaeopress. 124 p. (Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Vol. 4).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Published

    Frans Blom y el desciframiento de la escritura maya

    Nielsen, Jesper, 2014

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearchpeer-review

  14. 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

  15. 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).

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

  16. 2015
  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Published

    Review of "A Sign Catalog: Glyphs in Selected Text-Like Layouts at Teotihuacan" by Joanne Michel Guerrero (BAR International Series 2670, Archaeopress, 2014).

    Nielsen, Jesper, 1 Jun 2015, In: Latin American Antiquity. 26, 2, p. 283-284 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewCommunication

  21. 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

  22. 2016
  23. 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

  24. Published

    Det store i det små: Mangfoldighedens kvalitet.

    Nielsen, Jesper, 1 Jul 2016, Er du nysgerrig? : Om kvalitet i dannelse og uddannelsen. A-M. B., Wassini, L. & Winther, R. (eds.). København , p. 41-43 3 p.

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

  25. Published

    En præcolumbiansk mayaby

    Nielsen, Jesper, 17 Nov 2016, 50 fund: Højdepunkter i arkæologien. Nørskov, V. & Pentz, P. (eds.). Århus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 302-307 5 p.

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

  26. Published

    Mayahuels hjerte: pulque og beruselse i Mesoamerika

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2016, Alkohol: Årbog for ToRS 2015. Søgaard, D. M. & Nielsen, J. (eds.). København: Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier, Københavns Universitet, p. 42-53 12 p. (Tværkultur; No. 6).

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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. Published

    Alkohol: Årbog for ToRS 2015

    Søgaard, D. M. (ed.) & Nielsen, Jesper (ed.), 3 Mar 2016, København: Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier, Københavns Universitet. 189 p. (Tværkultur; No. 6).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyCommunication

  30. 2017
  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. Published

    Mapa de Xochitepec

    Nielsen, Jesper, 1 Jul 2017

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Nye verdener, andre historier: Det indianske på Københavns Universitet - og hos Ib Michael

    Nielsen, Jesper & Michael, I., 22 May 2017, Små fag, store horisonter: Småfagenes danske kulturhistorie i glimt. skovgaard petersen, J. & sindbæk andersen, T. (eds.). København, Vol. 7. p. 12-33 21 p.

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

  36. Published

    Restless Blood: Frans Blom, Explorer and Maya Archaeologist

    Nielsen, Jesper, Leifer, T. & Reunert, T. S., 1 Nov 2017, San Francisco: Precolumbian Mesoweb Press. 315 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookCommunication

  37. Published

    Teotihuacans storhedstid

    Nielsen, Jesper, 10 Nov 2017, 50 Begivenheder: Højdepunkter i verdenshistorien. Fink-Jensen, M. & Nygaard, B. (eds.). Århus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 52-57 6 p.

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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 2018
  42. 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

  43. Published

    Opdaget? Mødet mellem indianere og europæere i 1500-tallets Mexico

    Nielsen, Jesper, 16 Jan 2018, København: forlaget columbus. 135 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookEducationpeer-review

  44. 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

  45. 2019
  46. Published

    "Kjøbt underhaanden": Historien om en samling ægte og falske genstande fra det gamle Mexico

    Nielsen, Jesper & Domenici, D., 12 Dec 2019, Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark 2019. Madsen, P. K. & Wass, I. (eds.). Odense/København: Syddansk Universitetsforlag, p. 78-89 12 p.

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

  47. Published

    "Off with his head!": A Heretofore Unknown Monument of Tonina, Chiapas

    Nielsen, Jesper, Helmke, Christophe, Stuart, D. & Sánchez Gamboa, Á., 8 Oct 2019, In: The P A R I Journal. 20, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. 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

  49. Published

    Arild Hvidtfeldt's Contribution to Mesoamerican Studies

    Nielsen, Jesper, 1 Oct 2019, In: The P A R I Journal. 20, 1, p. 15-16 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Crossing Borders? A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective on the Study of Mesoamerican Visual Culture

    Nielsen, Jesper, 14 Feb 2019, In: Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture. 1, 1, p. 105-110 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Forestillinger om de vilde fremmede i Mesoamerika - før og efter den spanske erobring: Tværkultur, Årbog for ToRS 2018

    Nielsen, Jesper & Pharao Hansen, Magnus, 2019, Vis mig din barbar. Nielsen, B. & Højlund Roesgaard, M. (eds.). København, Vol. 9. p. 12-21 10 p.

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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. Published

    Presentación de Dr. Jesper Nielsen

    Nielsen, Jesper, 29 Oct 2019, Diez cuentos de Hans Christian Andersen en purépecha / Temepeni wantantskweecha Hans Christian Andersen p'urhe jimpo. Ojeda Dávila, L. (ed.). Morelia, Mexico: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas Hidalgo, p. 15 1 p.

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

  55. Published

    Sparks, Garry, Frauke Sachse and Sergio Romero (eds.) The America's First Theologies. Early Sources of Post-Contact Indigenous Religion. Oxford, Oxford University Press.

    Nielsen, Jesper, Dec 2019, In: Anthropos. 114, 1, p. 291-292 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewCommunication

  56. 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

  57. Published

    Visiting the Land of Fray Jacobo Daciano: An Essay in Honor of Alfonso Lacadena

    Nielsen, Jesper, 20 Aug 2019, Tiempo detenido, tiempo suficiente: Ensayos y narraciones mesoamericanistas in homenaje a Alfonso Lacadena García-Gallo. Kettunen, H., Amellali Vázquez López, V., Kupprat, F., Vidal Lorenza, C., Muñoz Cosme, G. & Iglesias Ponce de Léon, M. J. (eds.). Wayeb Publications, Vol. 1. p. 991-1010 20 p.

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

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