Historical sources and archaeological evidence have made us aware of the Mexica’s deep fascination with the material vestiges of civilizations that preceded them. Data generated by the Templo Mayor Project have revealed ...

In this article we identify the Dominican Domingo de Betanzos as the anonymous bearer of a rich gift of Mexican objects and codices offered in Bologna to Pope Clement VII (1533), as recorded in the Historie di Bologna ...

In this paper, a hitherto understudied source, the “Protesta” of the Augustinian friar Manuel Pérez in Spanish and Nahuatl, is reproduced, accompanied by an analysis of the text with glosses and the interpretation of this ...

This essay proposes two contrasting interpretations of the figure of Nezahualcoyotl in Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxóchitl’s Historia de la nación chichimeca. It analyzes several episodes featuring that famous character considering ...

This article deals with a tepetlacalli or stone casket produced in the Basin of Mexico at the end of the Postclassic period. The article discusses the functions and meanings of stone caskets in Central Mexico and offers ...

The analysis of a monolith’s fragment found in the vicinity of the Templo Mayor that is inscribed in a style different from the metropolitan Mexica canons requires a detailed comparison to discern similarities and differences, ...

This article examines The Three Kings (a 16th-century work of missionary theater) as an example of dialogical theater that communicates both a public Christian transcript and a hidden Nahua transcript. Through an analysis ...

Mexico is a not a country rich in native gold deposits. This would explain why the precious metal was always used rather sparingly in Mesoamerican civilizations. This article will analyze the entire collection of gold ...

Reseña de Guy Stresser-Péan, La danza del volador entre los indios de México y América Central, México, Mario Zamudio Vega (trad.), Claude Stresser-Péan y Érika Gil Lozada (edición y revisión de la traducción), México, ...