Aztlan, Teocolhuacan, the Beginning of a Migration and the End of a Triple Alliance. Times and Places

Based on the information provided by the XVI century sources, as well as the data from archaeological studies, the aim of this work is to propose that the fall of the first Triple Alliance and the beginning of the migrations, among them the Mexicas’ migration, happened in the context of a great floo...

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Authors: Reyes Morales , Erik Damián, Romero Galván, José Rubén
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/77875
Online Access:https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/77875
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Aztlan
Teocolhuacan
Triple Alianza
migraciones
inundación
cuenca de México
Triple Alliance
migrations
flood
basin of Mexico
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Summary:Based on the information provided by the XVI century sources, as well as the data from archaeological studies, the aim of this work is to propose that the fall of the first Triple Alliance and the beginning of the migrations, among them the Mexicas’ migration, happened in the context of a great flood that affected the Basin of Mexico for around a century. In this context, we suggest that the city of Aztlan was located in the very place where was later founded the city of MexicoTenochtitlan and that Teocolhuacan was located where was established, after the flood, the pre-Hispanic city of Iztapalapa.