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A_4_26 — Aztec Codices: Borgia Group and Mesoamerican Ritual Manuscripts
The Aztec codices — particularly the Borgia Group — are a set of pre-Columbian and early colonial-period painted manuscripts from central Mexico, produced on deerskin or bark paper (amatl) in screenfold format. The Borgi
W_4_13 — Aztec Empire: Tenochtitlan, Sacrifice, and Cosmovision
The Aztec Empire — more precisely the Mexica-led Triple Alliance (c. 1428–1521 CE) of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan — was the dominant political and military power in Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish arrival.
C_3_05 — Aztec Cosmology and the Five Suns
Aztec (Mexica) cosmology describes the universe as having passed through four previous ages (Suns), each created and destroyed by different gods through catastrophic events — jaguars, wind, fire-rain, and flood. We live
C_2_11 — Quetzalcoatl / Feathered Serpent Comprehensive
This document examines Quetzalcoatl / Feathered Serpent Comprehensive, a topic within the Global Traditions research area. Key areas of investigation include Etymology and Core Identity, Olmec Origins — The Earliest Evid
ZG_1_14 — Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Zapotec, Mixtec, and Aztec Codices
Beyond the celebrated Maya script (the only fully developed logosyllabic writing system in the pre-Columbian Americas), Mesoamerica produced a remarkable diversity of writing and recording systems that ranged from the ea
P_4_12 — Mesoamerican Philosophy
Mesoamerican philosophy refers to the systematic thought traditions of pre-Columbian civilizations — primarily the Nahua (Aztec/Mexica) and Maya — as reconstructed from colonial-era sources (Nahuatl-language texts collec
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