This article provides new evidence for understanding Aztec religion and worldviews as multivalent rather than misogynistic by analyzing an Aztec statue of a female deity (Worcester Art Museum, accession no. 1957.143). It modifies examination strategies employed by H. B. Nicholson amongst comparable statues, and in doing so argues for the statue’s identification as a specific member of a fertility deity complex—most likely Xilonen, the Goddess of Young Maize. The statue’s feminine nature does not diminish its relative importance in the Aztec pantheon, but instead its appearance and the depicted deity’s accompanying historical rituals suggest its valued position in Aztec life. As documented by Alan R. Sandstrom and Molly H. Bassett, modern Na...
Chichihualcuauhco, resurrection and rebirth in the Aztecs' thought This article presents a detailed ...
In this article I try as main objective to review some Olmec jade canoes from Mexico's southeast, wh...
This project situates the domestic and ritual sphere of the Aztec world and analyzes gender construc...
This article provides new evidence for understanding Aztec religion and worldviews as multivalent ra...
Figuring Out the Aztecs Milla Gardioloa, Dept. of Sociology, with Dr. Bernard Means, Dept. of Anthro...
This study interrogates the ritual function of Aztec agricultural deities across various media to di...
This study interrogates the ritual function of Aztec agricultural deities across various media to di...
This article addresses the perennial debate over the origins and nature of female power by examining...
Before the Spanish-led defeat of the Aztecs in 1521, manuscripts were ubiquitous in Mesoamerica. Reg...
Xipe Totec is an Aztec god often associated with agriculture and fertility. It is a deity type that ...
During the Spanish conquest of Latin America in the 16th Century, the indigenous peoples were confro...
Within my paper this semester, I hope to analyze a number of Aztec birth images within the codices a...
Xipe Totec is an Aztec god often associated with agriculture and fertility. It is a deity type that ...
Before the Spanish-led defeat of the Aztecs in 1521, manuscripts were ubiquitous in Mesoamerica. Reg...
Chichihualcuauhco, resurrection and rebirth in the Aztecs' thought This article presents a detailed ...
Chichihualcuauhco, resurrection and rebirth in the Aztecs' thought This article presents a detailed ...
In this article I try as main objective to review some Olmec jade canoes from Mexico's southeast, wh...
This project situates the domestic and ritual sphere of the Aztec world and analyzes gender construc...
This article provides new evidence for understanding Aztec religion and worldviews as multivalent ra...
Figuring Out the Aztecs Milla Gardioloa, Dept. of Sociology, with Dr. Bernard Means, Dept. of Anthro...
This study interrogates the ritual function of Aztec agricultural deities across various media to di...
This study interrogates the ritual function of Aztec agricultural deities across various media to di...
This article addresses the perennial debate over the origins and nature of female power by examining...
Before the Spanish-led defeat of the Aztecs in 1521, manuscripts were ubiquitous in Mesoamerica. Reg...
Xipe Totec is an Aztec god often associated with agriculture and fertility. It is a deity type that ...
During the Spanish conquest of Latin America in the 16th Century, the indigenous peoples were confro...
Within my paper this semester, I hope to analyze a number of Aztec birth images within the codices a...
Xipe Totec is an Aztec god often associated with agriculture and fertility. It is a deity type that ...
Before the Spanish-led defeat of the Aztecs in 1521, manuscripts were ubiquitous in Mesoamerica. Reg...
Chichihualcuauhco, resurrection and rebirth in the Aztecs' thought This article presents a detailed ...
Chichihualcuauhco, resurrection and rebirth in the Aztecs' thought This article presents a detailed ...
In this article I try as main objective to review some Olmec jade canoes from Mexico's southeast, wh...
This project situates the domestic and ritual sphere of the Aztec world and analyzes gender construc...