Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, Vol. 38
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Los fuegos del Palacio real de Tetzcoco (Mapa Quinatzin): ¿una alusión a la realeza sagrada?
(2007)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 ... -
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La música en el universo de la cultura náhuatl
(2007)Miguel León‑Portilla’s essay on music as a divine gift among the Nahuas (tlatzotzonaliztli, tlapitzaliztli). It examines its mythic origin (Ehécatl), roles in rites, dances and chants, and comparative parallels with Greek ... -
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Reseña de: Códice Mapa Quinatzin: Justicia y derechos humanos en el México antiguo, edición y textos complementarios de luz María Mohar Betancourt, México, Grupo editorial Miguel ángel Porrúa, 2004, 340 p.
(2007)Review of Luz María Mohar Betancourt’s edition. It acknowledges contributions of the glyph catalog and digital exploration, but points out errors, omissions, reliance on outdated research, and appropriation of other scholars’ ... -
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Un excepcional mosaico de plumaria azteca: El tapacáliz del Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia
(2007)Technical and historical study of a 28 cm featherwork disk (tapacáliz) held at Mexico’s National Museum of Anthropology. It documents the finding, amanteca techniques, identification of materials and feathers, and its ... -
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La caja de agua del Imperial Colegio de la Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, pintura mural de los albores novohispano
(2007)Archaeological report on the water reservoir of the Colegio de la Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco (16th century), with over 12 m² of in situ mural painting and thousands of recovered fragments. It describes its hydraulic architecture, ... -
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Las tlacualeras: un canto-baile pícaro y de cosquilleo en el rito matrimonial en Santa Ana Tlacotenco
(2007)The text describes the canto-baile of the tlacualeras, a playful tradition from Milpa Alta performed one day after the religious wedding. This ritual, which formally marks the sexual life of the newlyweds before the ... -
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Reseña de: Christian Duverger, Cortés, Paris, Fayard, 2001, 493 p. (traducción al español, México, taurus, 2005, 500 p.)
(2007)Review that severely questions Duverger’s work for bibliographical omissions, factual errors and imprecise definitions. It contrasts concrete examples (conquistadors’ careers, legal terms) and stresses the need for rigor ... -
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Reseña de: Berthold riese (editor), Crónica mexicáyotl. Die Chronik dir Mexikanertums des Alonso Franco, des Hernando Alvarado Tezozómoc und des Domingo Francis-co de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin. Aztekischer text ins Deutsche übersetzt und erläutert [la crónica de la mexicanidad de... texto traducido al alemán y comentado]. sankt Agustin (Alemania), academia Verlag, 2004 (collectanea instituti anthropos, v. 44)
(2007)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 ... -
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Reseña de: Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Tenochtitlan, México, el colegio de México, Fondo de cultura económica, 2006, 190 p.
(2007)Review of Eduardo Matos Moctezuma’s book on the founding, development and collapse of Tenochtitlan. It highlights the balance between archaeological evidence and chronicles, and the clear narrative to understand the Mexica ... -
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Los usos medicinales del olli entre los nahuas del siglo XVI
(2007)The article studies olli or rubber, a material used by the Nahuas in rituals, daily life, and medicine. Based on colonial sources and chronicles, it analyzes its vegetal origin, properties, and applications, which included ... -
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Reseña de: León-Portilla, Miguel, México: muchas lenguas y culturas, 2a. ed., México, santillana, 2007 (huellas de Papel)
(2007)The review presents Miguel León-Portilla’s work on Mexico’s linguistic and cultural diversity. It highlights the relationship between Indigenous peoples and their environment, their productive activities, as well as ... -
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In izquixochitl in cacahuaxochitl. Presencia y significación de un binomio floral en el discurso poético náhuatl prehispánico
(2007)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 ... -
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Cuauhnahuac ante la hegemonía tepaneca
(2007)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 ... -
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El Diario de Chimalpáhin
(2007)The article analyzes the importance of the Diary written in Nahuatl by Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpáhin, a Chalca chronicler of the 17th century. The publication of its Spanish translation by Rafael Tena ... -
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La prostitución entre los nahuas
(2007)The text examines prostitution in pre-Hispanic Mexico, focusing on its conceptualization within Nahua worldview. Unlike the Christian view that associated it with sin, among the Nahuas it could have had different, not ... -
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La Tira de la peregrinación y la ascendencia chichimeca de los Tenochca
(2007)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 ... -
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Cuauhtémoc´s Heirs
(2007)The essay revisits the Ordenanza del señor Cuauhtémoc and its connection with the so-called primordial titles. It analyzes the authenticity of the document attributed to 1523, proposing instead a later date around 1560. ... -
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Los mexicas en Tula y Tula en México-Tenochtitlan
(2007)Quienes presentamos el presente estudio compartimos inquietudes por una díada crucial en la historia mesoamericana: la díada Tollan-Quetzalcóatl. Un libro acerca de la naturaleza de los hombres-dioses apareció hace más de ... -
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Reseña de: Michel Graulich, Le sacrifice humaine chez les Aztèques, Paris, librairie arthème Fayard, 2005, 415 p.
(2007)Reseña de Michel Graulich, Le sacrifice humaine chez les Aztèques, Paris, Librairie Arthème Fayard, 2005, 415 p. -
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Reseña de: María Castañeda de la Paz (editora), Pintura de la peregrinación de los culhuaque-mexica (El Mapa de Sigüenza). Análisis de un documento de origen tenochca, Zinacantepec, elcolegio Mexiquense-instituto nacional de antropología e historia, 2006
(2007)Reseña de María Castañeda de la Paz (editora), Pintura de la peregrinación de los culhuaque-mexica (El Mapa de Sigüenza). Análisis de un documento de origen tenochca, Zinacantepec, El Colegio Mexiquense - Instituto Nacional ...
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