Muysca: memoria y presencia

11 contributions consider legacy and archive data (1896–1995) and results derived from recent archaeological investigations (2012–2017) to present a review and analysis of the chrono-stratigraphy, material culture, urbanism, and economic and ritual practices at El Palacio, northern Michoacán, Mexico, between A.D. 850 and 1521.

Does a “perfect assassination” exist? Perfect crimes are the ones we never hear about. Crimes involving a double affront to their victims where we couldn’t have known leaves their closest relatives, helpless and disheartened at the destruction. “Thou shall not kill,” is present in all civilizations as a fundamental premise, and perhaps the only one absolutely necessary for coexistence between humans. The majority of these crimes are considered perfect solely because of the incompetence of the investigators. With detention techniques, no crime, regardless of how well-planned, always...

La Historia general de las cosas de la Nueva España reúne los doce libros editados en México por el monje franciscano Bernardino de Sahagún entre 1540 y 1590 a partir de entrevistas con informantes indígenas en Tlatelolco, Texcoco y Tenochtitlan. El mejor manuscrito que se conserva de la obra es el denominado Códice florentino, alojado en los archivos de la Biblioteca Laurenciana de Florencia, una copia de los textos cuya fuente original se perdió, posiblemente destruida por las autoridades españolas. A lo largo de los doce libros que integran la obra se abordan distintas cuestiones...

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