This review by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma provides a thorough analysis of Óscar Moisés Torres Montúfar’s book on the production, circulation, and consumption of gold among the Mexica. The review highlights the systematic ...

Se trata del maestro Juan de Cervantes,1 uno de los catedráticos más distinguidos del claustro de la Universidad de México, en los finales del siglo XVI y principios del XVII.Natural de México y de noble linaje, hijo de ...

All peoples of the world have tried, through various techniques which can be described as magical, predict the future, determine the cause of misfortunes or illness, as well as locate missing persons or objects. The ...

En general se llama fortificación el arte de disponer un terreno de manera que las tropas resistan con ventaja el ataque de un enemigo superior en número o en fuerza.El objeto de la fortificación es conservar la posesión ...

This review analyzes the facsimile edition and introductory study by Rafael Tena on the Tira de la Peregrinación (Codex Boturini), published by INAH in 2021. The volume includes an analysis of the codex’s 22 folios, an ...

This article examines the brief but pivotal rule of Cuitlahuatzin, successor of Moctezuma II, during the Mexica resistance to the Spanish invasion. The author analyzes his political actions and military strategies at a ...

A pesar de su escasa presencia en los actos oficiales, las virreinas tuvieron un papel fundamental y destacado en la vida cortesana y en las relaciones de los gobernantes con la sociedad novohispana. La constante mención ...

Public health is that branch of preventative medicine in which the community at large has a special interest. When the cause of a neighbor"s illness threatens the well being of the entire community or when his disease ...

This review discusses Rafael Rojas's book Combates por la historia en la Guerra Fría latinoamericana, which examines ideological tensions and historiographical disputes that shaped interpretations of Latin America's past ...