This book analyzes the places of worship used during the eighteen feasts of the Nahua solar calendar, called -veintenas-, and the ceremonial paths of the participants in the ceremonies in the Aztec capital of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. The work is based on the study of written sources of the sixteenth century, the pictographic manuscripts of pre-Hispanic times and their copies of the first colonial era, as well as archaeological data. In this way a comprehensive overview of the buildings and open spaces used during the monthly rites is presented. Each chapter is devoted to the study of a month and...
This book analyzes the places of worship used during the eighteen feasts of the Nahua solar calendar, called -veintenas-, and the ceremonial paths of ...