Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, Vol. 60
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No existe una mitología azteca
(2020)In view of the Christian influences—and those from other geographic areas—that can be detected in the sources on Aztec myths, it might be concluded that “Aztec mythology does not exist.” After demonstrating ... -
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Indigenous Graphic Communication Systems: A Theoretical Approach, edited by Katarzyna Mikulska and Jerome A. Offner. Boulder: University of Colorado Press, 2019
(2020)This review critically evaluates the volume on Indigenous graphic systems in Mesoamerica, which expands the traditional notion of writing to include semasiographic forms. It highlights the communication model proposed by ... -
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La historia detrás de los Anales de Cuauhtitlan
(2020)The Anales de Cuauhtitlan is one of the most widely used sources of information to study the pre-Hispanic history of Central Mexico. As its name suggests, this story focuses on the history of Cuauhtitlan, today Cuautitlán ... -
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Tetzáhuitl. Los presagios de la Conquista de México, editado por Guilhem Olivier y Patricia Ledesma. México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2019
(2020)This review analyzes the collective work derived from the 'Tetzáhuitl' exhibition, focused on the omens recorded before the conquest of Mexico, as narrated in sources like Sahagún and the Codex Borbonicus. The author ... -
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Origen de Cuitlahuac: traducción de un texto náhuatl del siglo XVI a partir de una transcripción de Faustino Chimalpopoca Galicia
(2020)This article is the first publication of the translation of a document transcribed in the 19th century by the renowned nahuatlahto Faustino Chimalpopoca Galicia, which was culled from the Anales de Cuauhtitlan. It covers ... -
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Panes-hueso, panes-piedra, pan de Día de Muertos: de la ofrenda en el altar a la comensalidad cotidiana con los difuntos en la Sierra de Texcoco
(2020)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 ... -
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Reshaping the World. Debates on Mesoamerican Cosmologies, editado por Ana Díaz. Louisville: University Press of Colorado, 2020
(2020)This review examines a collective volume that rethinks Mesoamerican cosmologies from a critical perspective. The author highlights the effort to replace a static, unitary model with a plurality of historical and cultural ... -
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