Cautivos del espejo de agua
Subtitle: signos de ritualidad alrededor del manantial Hueytlilatl, Los Reyes Coyoacan
By: Stan Declercq
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: Pública Histórica -- 5; Pùblicahistórica -- 5.
Publisher: Bonilla Artigas Editores; Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ciudad de México
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9786078450664; 9786074848915
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; Indians of Mexico; Religion; Rites and ceremonies
Other titles: Signos de ritualidad alrededor del manantial Hueytlilatl, Los Reyes Coyoacan
Description: "The present book analyzes the importance of the water springs within the Mesoamerican indigenous ritual and offers an interpretation of the archaeological context of some burials located next to a spring making use of a wide iconographic, historical and ethnographic repertoire. Much on inconography. This exhibition is based on the results of the archaeological excavation carried out between 2002 and 2003 in the Hueytlílatl spring, located in Los Reyes, Coyoacán, by the Archaeological Salvage Department of INAH - of which the author was a part - and of which Several objects of ceramic and lytic, several human burials and remains of architecture came to light, mostly belonging to the Late Postclassic and Early Colonial periods." (HKB Translation)--Page [9].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducción; title: Una nueva historia de Coyoacán. Los Reyes y sus manantiales; title: Signos de ritualidad: algunos antecedentes arqueológicos e históricos; title: El contexto arqueológico; title: Tlílatl, o el "agua negra" como entrada al mundo subterráneo; title: Cautivos encerrados en el Monte Sagrado; title: Palabras finales.