UNA NUEVA PROPUESTA DE ORIENTACIÓN Y CARTOGRAFÍA PARA EL MAPA DE CUAUHTINCHAN II
CUAUHTINCHAN MAP II: A NEW ORIENTATION AND CARTOGRAPHIC PROPOSAL
Author(s): Tim Tucker
Subject(s): Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Cuauhtinchan II; MC2; Teotihuacán; Pico de Orizaba; La Malinche; cosmovision; cartography; archaeo-astronomy
Summary/Abstract: From the Pico de Orizaba to the top of volcano La Malinche, the Map of Cuauhtinchan II (MC2) is a cartographic guide which corresponds to an urban design of the ancient city of Teotihuacán at 17o northwest, which is known in archaeo-astronomical literature as the “17o family of orientations”. At the same time, an analysis of toponyms allows us to test the hypothesis that what is shown on the upper left hand corner of MC2 does not correspond to the area known today as Mexico City, but rather, the entrance to the Valley of Teotihuacán.
Book: La vida bajo el cielo estrellado: la arqueoastronomía y etnoastronomía en Latinoamérica
- Page Range: 127-138
- Page Count: 12
- Publication Year: 2021
- Language: Spanish, Portuguese
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