Talk:Aztecs/2002-2004

message: This is an archive of entries made to Talk:Aztec from 2002 to 2004
--Richard 05:55, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

message: From memory, Harris as well says that human meat was a reward for the elite not a fundamental part of the diet.
Also, for Harris eating bugs and most everything available is a mark of lack of proteins.
Insects give less protein per effort than European beasts.
-- Error 03:50, 6 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Cannibalism

message: The first paragraph of this article begins "The Aztecs are a Mesoamerican people..." Note "are", not "were". Is this intended as an assertion that "Aztec" is a meaningful category for a present-day people? The article would not seem to bear this out. Shouldn't we change this to "were"? -- Jmabel 04:46, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: "Are"

message: "Mexica is a term of uncertain origin. Some say it was the old Nahuatl word for the sun. Others say..." Some? Others? Does anyone have any references for who says this? -- Jmabel 21:21, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Vagueness

message: ' Harvard professor David Carrasco has compared this practice to "bringing home the war" in modern television. '
:I would like to hear some explanation about this, and thus additions to/rewrite of this information if it is to return to the article. Sam Spade 05:27, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  moved from article 

message: Nanahuatzin, I've simply transcribed your phrase "He was defeated by the tarascos in Tzintzuntzan" into the article, but I have no idea what you mean by "tarascos". My only association for that is that a "tarasca" is a kind of dragon! Is this a Mexicanism that I don't know? Or a proper name? or what? -- Jmabel 21:14, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia has an article at Tarascan, the most common English language name for the people, with redirects there from "Trascos" and "Purépecha". With the first mention of a native nation or people in an article, I'd say go ahead and wikilink it. We might have an article on it, and if we don't we probably should. A tip: Remember that such proper names ("Aztec" etc) are usually capitalized in English. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 14:54, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

text: thanks, i will do it, i didnt knew that spellig, i will do as you sugest.Nanahuatzin 06:10, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: More edits?

message: Nanahuatzin, when I went to edit your latest, there are two phrases that make no sense:
#"The city had to ball games."
#"...had the right to take the blanquet of the public"; I'm guessing "blanquet" is "blanket", but even so I can't make sense of it.
Could you try restating these, either in English or Spanish, and I'll take it from there. -- Jmabel 15:37, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)
Sorry.. i think i was more tired than i tought...
: The city had two buildings dedicated to the ball game....
on the second, i think I will need to explain a bit more:
:... the traditional clothes of the aztecs include a blanket . White for the macehuals, and full of color (with feathers ans sometimes jewels), for the pillies, This were expensive  (twenty blanket was the price of a slave), the player who could pass the ball through the ring, had the right to take am many blankets of the public as he wish. 
I want to add a small section about aztec clothing....
thanks
Nanahuatzin 20:59, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Two more confusing phrases

message: Someone should make a disambiguation page and write something about the Pontiac Aztec. Personally I think it's fugly and I was curious to see if they'd discontinued it yet :D
: At such a time as someone sees fit to write about the vehicle, the article will be at Pontiac Aztek, which has Pontiac links to it. -- Infrogmation 21:54, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: What about the car?

message: The following sentence was recently and anonymously edited (addition indicated here by italics): 
:The modern usage of the name Aztec as a collective term, applied to all the peoples linked by trade, custom, religion, and language to the Mexica state, the Triple Alliance, was suggested by Alexander von Humboldt.
I've never heard "Triple Alliance" used in this relation. I'd welcome a clarification and/or citation. Lacking that, I will revert it. -- Jmabel 18:39, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)
:Triple alianza is a very standard term of reference for the alliance between Tenochtitlan, Tacuba, and Texcoco that allowed the Mexicas to kick some serious Azcapotzalco butt impose their hegemony in the valley and beyond. What  I don't know is how useful the reference is to it there, in those terms you quote (and Mexica redirects here, anyway). –Hajor 03:01, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Triple Alliance"? 

message: Just so you know, I appreciate the effort put into this article.  It is, like so many, a very sad story of Spanish conquest.  I came to this page to learn of the differences in cultures between Aztecs and Incans, and whether there was trade between the two groups.  While I did not see anything that addressed this particular question, I was moved by the story of the Aztec empire.  My interest, embarassingly enough, stems from my interest in Incan music, played by modern bands on flutes, guitars and drums.  Is there similar cultural remains of the Aztec empire?
* Most of nahuatl culture was wiped, that included the music. Some of it remains in the music fo "concheros" or aztec dancers. They dance in the churches to the virgin of Guadalupe, what they thinks are aztec dance. But it,s dificult to know. Also you must search in "chichimeca" music. Nanahuatzin 23:33, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thanks