"Si la historia desde el siglo XIX se presenta como ciencia de los acontecimientos, esto es posible porque ella misma resulta ser un acontecimiento histórico. La circularidad así planteada busca ser explorada en el presente ...

"The Peruvians use to celebrate the proclamation of the Independence of Peru, but they don't remember that this event was the consequence of a ten-month military siege imposed by the Liberation Army led by General José de ...

"This work analyzes a photo-album made in homage to Concepción Acevedo de la Llata, better known as madre Conchita, who was charged of being the intellectual author of Álvaro Obregón assassination. The album itself is ...

The article analyzes the ritual and symbolic function of sacred sand in Mexican pictographic writing and later literature, focusing particularly on Mixtec codices such as the Codex Nuttall. Through detailed analysis of ...

La presente tesis examina la risa dentro del contexto cultural y religioso de Mesoamérica, centrándose en su simbolismo y las diversas manifestaciones que esta adquiere en distintas comunidades mayas. A través de un enfoque ...

This article examines how friars Bernardino de Sahagún and Diego Durán translated and adapted Nahuatl terms in their chronicles to explain the indigenous worldview to a European audience. It highlights the incorporation ...

This document presents an analysis of the Tlauculcuicatl, a Nahuatl lament attributed to Sahagún, narrating foundational and biblical episodes adapted to the Nahua worldview. It addresses the story of Adam and Eve, the ...

The text analyzes the Nahuatl writings of Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, highlighting how indigenous informants collaborated in a process of acculturation during the 16th century. It emphasizes the absence of violent resentment ...

This study explores the scarce but meaningful representations of salt in indigenous Mexican pictographic codices, highlighting the figure of Uixtociuatl, the salt goddess, and the role of salt in place names and tributes ...