Who lived in Mazatlan before the arrival of the Spanish – The Mazatlan Post
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Category: History
Codices, Glyphics, Anthropology, Archeology, Oral Tradition
Reading genetic information of ancient Teotihuacans
Teotihuacan was one of the largest metropolitan centers in ancient Mesoamerica in the pre-Columbian era. Six ancient individuals unearthed from the Teotihuacan between the third and seventh centuries AD were examined in a …
— Read on phys.org/news/2024-01-genetic-ancient-teotihuacans.html
The Solar Eclipse Record from Santa Elena Poco Uinic
by David Stuart This entry is offered in anticipation of the solar eclipse visible over much of Mexico and the United States on April 8, 2024. Only …
The Solar Eclipse Record from Santa Elena Poco Uinic
How did “All Saints Day” become “Dia de Muertos?” – [ mexika.org ]
[ Kurly Tlapoyawa ] Prior to the Spanish invasion, Mesoamerican traditions of honoring the dead were celebrated with two specific feasts: Mikailwitl (feast of the dead), and Wey Mikailwitl (great feast of the dead). These feasts were celebrated in early August through mid-September. Many think that Mikailwitl and Wey Mikailwitl were absorbed into All Saints…
— Read on mexika.org/2017/11/01/how-did-all-saints-day-become-dia-de-muertos/
Totorames and Xiximes; These are the pre-Hispanic peoples that inhabited the south of Sinaloa – The Mazatlan Post
Totorames and Xiximes; These are the pre-Hispanic peoples that inhabited the south of Sinaloa – The Mazatlan Post
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Mechica: Indigenous Origin of the Chicano Hybrid Identity
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Mechica: Indigenous Origin of the Chicano Hybrid Identity
Rolando J. Diaz Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Both Homi Bhabha and Gloria Anzaldúa speak of a “third” element that emerges as a “structure of ambivalence” (Bhabha 217) and as a “new consciousness” (Anzaldúa 102). Bhabha develops his concept of culture in terms of class, gender, and race, whereas Anzaldúa bases her concept of culture in terms of fluid, and transient borders. The term Mechica and the Chicano hybrid identity (historical, cultural, and linguistic) are presented here as an amalgamation of various components that when brought together result in something new, something distinct, and something altogether greater than the sum of its parts. The native roots of the Chicano can be traced back to the Aztecs and to other indigenous people in what would become Mexico. His European roots were introduced by the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. The complexity of the Chicano is that he is both the conqueror and the conquered. He is an amalgamation of both the indigenous and the European. He speaks the language of conquest (Spanish in Mexico; English in the United States), yet holds on to remnants of Nahuatl. This paper will approach the Chicano identity as hybrid of the Indigenous/Native American and the European/Spanish patrimonies.
Circulation of Feathers in Mesoamerica
Feathers, especially those from colorful tropical birds, were among the most highly prized materials in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Likewise the craft of featherworking was among the most esteemed in the Mesoamerican world. Feathers were fashioned into exquisite adornments for nobles and gods, worked into fancy textiles for the elite, and provided embellishment for the shields and military costumes of highly achieved warriors. This presentation focuses on the manner in which feathers traveled from hand to hand in the complex process of acquisition, manufacture, and finally consumption during the last century before the Spanish conquest. Emphasis is on the circulation of feathers through well-established channels of tribute, marketplace exchange, “foreign” trade, and elite reciprocity.
— Read on journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/1387
Toltecs
What is the meaning of the word Aztlan?
What is the meaning of the word Aztlan?
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San Felipe Aztlan, Nayarit
The Olmec were not African
There are many people who claim that the Olmec of Mexico are Africans who have occupied the Americas before the Colombian Exchange. That’s simply 1000% wrong. Do a search and you will find tons of information on the subject but most if not all results will lack any credibility or even a reference as to where they came up with this theory.Their most compelling argument is that the large Olmec head statues simply look as if they are similar to Africans.The truth is that the Olmec have descendants that look even more similar to the statutes than any African.Its also worth mentioning that from DNA studies,science has proven that there is no relation to the Olmec and Africans,yet there are Professors at Universities that insist otherwise.
The Olmec were not African
A Polish professor of anthropology, Dr, Wiercinski came to the conclusion by comparing skull types from Asians, Europeans and Africans without having any samples of Native Americans and lacking any DNA evidence. Any connection found with Africans and Indigenous people in the Americas is found through genetic markers that prove that they were not pre 1492. Afrocentric ideologists contaminate research by filling the internet with garbage that supports their racist agenda.
