Las fuentes escritas que informan acerca de la vida política mesoamericana restringen su descripción a unos cuantos siglos anteriores a la conquista europea y en su mayoría se refieren a las condiciones particulares del ...

The calpulli has been a subject of intense discussion among researchers focusing on ancient Mexico. On the one hand we find those who assume it is a kinship organization, while on the other, there are those who regard it ...

In the Sierra de Texcoco, bread is the principal food offering in the Day of the Dead altars. When this ritual concludes, however, bread represents a way of communication with the dead throughout the annual cycle, when ...

This document presents a tripartite model to understand Mesoamerican history, focusing on the complementary roles of priests, farmers, and warriors. Based on Aztec discourses and iconographic evidence such as the Palenque ...

This study explores the interplay between orality and codices in ancient Mesoamerica, emphasizing how oral tradition and encoded images worked together to preserve and convey cultural, historical, and ritual knowledge

This work analyzes the astronomical understanding of the Mexica, emphasizing how the Sun's movement and its annual cycles were essential to their worldview, social organization, and daily activities. It highlights the ...

In this review, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma analyzes Ximena Chávez Balderas’s study on human sacrifice and postsacrificial treatments at the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan. The book details the types of immolation, involved ...

Este artículo tiene como propósito hacer una revisión histórica de los diversos testimonios e hipótesis formuladas desde el siglo XVI sobre la existencia de un "bisiesto náhuatl", es decir un ajuste del calendario solar ...

"The purpose of this article is to make a historical review of the different testimonies and hypotheses formulated from the sixteenth century about the existence of a ‘Nahuatl leap year’; i.e.; an adjustment to the solar ...

El capítulo "Comparaciones etnográficas y clasificaciones culturales" examina la cultura y la historia de los Otomíes, destacando su integración y diferenciación en el contexto de las civilizaciones mesoamericanas. A través ...