The Shell Objects from the Offerings of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
A great amount of shell objects have been found in the Tenochca offerings. Most of the species used to manufacture these objects are marine, from the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts of Mexico. This does not seem surprising, as the Mexica Empire conquered territories in both costs, but with a differe...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/77839 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/77839 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mexica Tenochtitlan Great Temple shell technology mexica Templo Mayor concha tecnología |
| Sumario: | A great amount of shell objects have been found in the Tenochca offerings. Most of the species used to manufacture these objects are marine, from the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts of Mexico. This does not seem surprising, as the Mexica Empire conquered territories in both costs, but with a difference of forty years. The biological identification of the shell species has allowed to propose possible collection areas, from which it has been possible to infer different ways of getting the shells: direct or indirect taxation, as well as trade. |
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