This text is a tribute to Miguel León-Portilla from the voices of Nahua students. Librado Silva Galeana recalls his first encounters with the scholar’s writings and how they sparked his interest in Nahuatl history and ...

The article analyzes the significance of naval battles in the Valley of Mexico during the Mexica period, emphasizing how canoes became a key tactical and logistical component. Drawing on primary sources such as Cortés’s ...

The article studies the Tira de la peregrinación, considered the earliest pictographic manuscript on the Aztec migration. It analyzes its relation to other documents of the so-called Grupo de la Tira and its role in the ...

This study, derived from a doctoral thesis, examines the domination system of the Tepanec empire, particularly the relationship between Azcapotzalco and the Cuauhnahuac tlatocayotl. It analyzes how subjugated peoples were ...

The article analyzes the role of two main flowers —izquixochitl (toasted corn flower) and cacahuaxochitl (cacao flower)— in pre-Hispanic Nahuatl poetic discourse. These flowers, frequently found in the songs, form difrasismos ...

This study examines 19th-century approaches in Mexico to Amerindian multilingualism and Spanish language varieties, highlighting the interrelation between both fields and challenging the modern perspective that rigidly ...

This is a review of the German edition of the Crónica mexicáyotl edited by Berthold Riese, based on the manuscript preserved in Cambridge. It comments on its German translation, annotations, and differences with other known ...

This article analyzes the Relación Geográfica de Cholula, a document created in the 16th century as part of the Spanish Crown’s project to gather geographic and historical data. Bernard Grunberg explores how this report ...

Iconographic analysis of tripod braziers depicted in the courtyard of Tetzcoco’s royal palace in the Quinatzin Map (ca. 1541–1542). Discusses Nahuatl terminology (apantlecaxitl, tlecuaztli), ceremonial function, and possible ...

This study offers a new interpretation of the Mexica religion, focusing on the deity Tlazolteotl, and proposes a perspective that integrates ecological and modern scientific knowledge. It highlights the Mexica worldview ...