Entre los libros pictográficos amoxtli que expresan en imágenes la conquista de México-Tenochtitlan, el Codex Vaticanus A o Codex Vaticano Ríos es sin duda el códice cuya iconografía es la más rica en detalles. En dos ...

This work presents the paleographic transcription and Spanish translation of chapters 3 to 6 from Book VII of the Florentine Codex, a 16th-century manuscript compiled under the direction of Fray Bernardino de Sahagún. The ...

This article offers a new interpretation of an indigenous war that the Aztecs called “Flowery War” (xochiyaoyotl). Existing approaches are questioned to propose that the Flowery War corresponds to an Amerindian war model ...

In this paper, various sources written in Nahuatl from both the colonial and contemporary periods are reviewed. By contrasting these sources with their oral history, the aim is to understand the effect of the influence of ...

The review addresses an interdisciplinary volume on the use of pigments on Mesoamerican bodies and codices, highlighting their sensory, medicinal, and symbolic relations. The book offers new insights into the materiality ...

This review examines Guilhem Olivier’s work on Mixcoatl, interweaving themes of hunting, war, sacrifice, and power. The author proposes a complex anthropological vision of Mesoamerican thought through intercultural comparisons.

One of the main discussions regarding Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl in Mesoamerican history has focused on the role he played in ruler succession at Tula. Paul Kirchhoff and Wigberto Jiménez Moreno began this historical ...

This article by Henry B. Nicholson explores the complex relationship between two key figures in Mesoamerican thought: Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, the wind deity, and Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, the legendary ruler of Tollan. Through ...