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Downloaded from Brill.Com09/26/2021 02:15:09PM Via Free Access Index agency 81, 83, 106, 110, 111, 157, 206, 207, 230, Añute (Jaltepec, town in Mixteca Alta) 63, 298, 373, 417, 428, 535, 538, 563 146, 262, 287, 293, 294, 342 Aglio, Agostino 502 see also Codex Añute ahuehuete (tree) 486, 486n68 Apoala (town in Mixteca Alta) 64, 65, 69, Ahuizotl (Aztec ruler) 359, 375, 421n88, 423 70, 89, 114, 171, 172, 174, 176, 177, 183, 184, altar 187, 206, 222, 261, 262, 269, 285, 291, 294, animated 462 298, 306, 312, 318, 354, 355, 542, 546 cave 488 see also Yuta Tnoho archaeological 313, 328, 367, 370, Apocalypse 547, 554, 561, 561n 404, 517 Aquiach (Nahuatl: ruler of the above, Christian 86, 554 Cholula) 441, 469, 481, 482, 511, 514, 517, of counted bundles 444 518, 520n, 522, 527, 528, 529 of deceased 123, 150, 152, 518, 519, archetype 567, 568 ceremonial centre 297 of Moctezuma 387, 388, 397 grandfather / grandmother 21, 154, 166, of sacred bundle 325, 429, 520, 521 267, 306, 317 of sacrifice 509 knight 549 round 250, 265–269, 380, 419, 450, 453, mother 111, 372 458, 476, 479, 481, 482, 484, 499, 500, nahual 142, 313 501, 503, 505, 510, 511, 513, 515, 527, 528, narrative 35, 104 529, 555 nature 105, 548, 559 throne 225, 388 priest 117, 153, 387, 399, 481, 523, 530, 546 toponym 270, 271, 276, 283, 325, 487 renewal 354 altepetl (Nahuatl: community) 117, 486, tomb 52 505, 509 wild woman 105 altepetl iyollo (Nahuatl: heart of the astral interpretation 54, 56, 109, 251, 421n89, community) 124, 486 443, 446 amaranth 152, 469, 505, 516 Atemoztli (Aztec month, feast) 16, 447, 518, amate (bark paper) 7, 299, 433, 445 523, 529 Anales de Cuauhtitlan (colonial Atonal I (Lord 7 Water, founder of chronicle) 10, 336, 337, 339, 346, 348, 354, Coixtlhuaca dynasty) 336–340, 342, 381–383 343n59, 346, 354, 356, 550, 551 Andaya (Mixtec: Place of Death, South) 114, Axayacatl (Aztec ruler) 376–378, 380, 381, 232, 318 384, 396, 424 Anders, Ferdinand 7n7, 445, 446 Ayuuk (Mixe people) 11, 25n29, 118, 119, 129n, Andevui (Mixtec: Heaven, East) 114, 318 143n56 see also Cavua Caa Andevui and Huahi Andevui ballcourt 27, 250, 251, 252, 265, 282, 316, 325, aniñe (Mixtec: palace) 167, 175, 188n, 194, 332, 333, 335, 339, 339n52, 340, 351, 453, 200, 216, 277 482, 493, 499, 500, 501, 503, 504, 509, antechamber (of Tomb 7) 50–52, 132, 141, 528, 555 148–150, 152, 191, 242 ballcourt pendant 246, 252n26, 253, 255, roof 50, 59, 84, 258, 504 skeletal remains 72, 118, 129, 148, 168, 545 Ballcourt of Gravel (Guaxolotitlan) 181, carved bones 156, 203, 204, 212 183 Maarten Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez - 9789004340527 Downloaded from Brill.com09/26/2021 02:15:09PM via free access <UN> 602 Index ballcourt (cont.) Bone 42 200 Ballcourt of Jewels 183 Bone 50 166, 204 Ballcourt of Stars 251 Bone 71 166 bat 253, 438, 440, 447, 514 Bone 94 166, 203 Beni Zaa (Zapotec people) 5, 62, 73, 127, 128, Bone 114 163 155, 313, 361 Bone 124 212, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 231, 244, Beni Zaa (Zapotec) calendar 61, 289, 293 293, 430 Beni Zaa (Zapotec) effigy vessels Bone 149 165, 166 (urns) 128 Bone 169 162, 163, 199 Beni Zaa (Zapotec) territory 47, 61, 72, Bone 172i 59, 166, 194, 216n40 84, 89, 149, 357 Bone 174a 172, 176, 184, 188, 196, 207, 526 Beni Zaa (Zapotec) religion 50, 119, 126, Bone 174b 166, 196, 199 127, 152n65, 196, 199, 291, 292, 459n34, Bone 185 191 538, 558 Bone 200 64, 171, 174, 175, 188 Beni Zaa (Zapotec) history 63n, 70, 78, Bone 203b 176, 177, 181, 184, 187, 188, 206 79, 80, 82n41, 83, 90, 183, 241, 282, 291, Bone 203c 166, 200 294, 338, 530, 543 Bone 203d 166, 200, 208, 212 Betanzos, Domingo de 433–435 Bone 203e 166, 210, 212 Bible 33, 85, 86, 271, 541, 554 Bone 203g 191 Binding of the Years (Nahuatl: Bone 203h 201 xiuhmolpilli) 15, 61, 394, 396, 397, 405, Bone 203i 70, 89, 171, 172, 174, 177, 187, 188, 424, 430, 521n120, 196, 200, 206, 207, 260 bird Bone 203j 150n62, 191 bones 150 Bone 203k 59, 216n40 claws 371 Bone 203L 188 jewel 45, 142, 158, 159, 246 Bone 215 167, 168, 169, 174, 206, 241, 260 month sign 419, 518n115 Bone 235 258, 260, 261 name 208, 210 Bone 302 187 narrative 67, 104 Bone 325 199 omen 75, 399 Bone Assemblage A 148, 149, 153, 155, 167, sacrifice 168 174, 177, 188, 191, 196, 203, 206, 207, 208, song 199, 200 210, 212, 222, 544 symbol 160, 162, 169 Bone Assemblage N 196 toponym 65 Boturini, Lorenzo 561 transformation 382, 383 box 126, 199, 417–428 tree 169, 417, 418n brazier 405, 407, 429, 453–457, 461n40, blood 132, 150, 153, 176, 239, 242, 248, 255, 463–468, 471, 493, 521n120, 523, 524, 335, 362, 373, 377, 383, 438, 440, 469, 526, 527, 529, 555 472, 501, 504, 514, 516, 520, 521, 534, 538 bundle name 219–222, 332, 544 counted 444 bloodletting (self-sacrifice) 16, 29, 82, 121, firewood 211, 255, 379 125, 126, 128, 129, 140, 157, 171, 174, 175, flint 287 188, 191, 210, 246, 253, 258, 312, 362, 364, grass 416 375, 396, 416, 417, 419, 422, 423, 427, 429, Huiztilopochtli 125, 391 449, 452n23, 458–466, 474–487, 492, medicine 105 505, 506, 509, 511, 525, 527, 529, 554 mortuary 117, 120, 121, 123, 135, 212, 288, Bologna 27n37, 433, 434 289, 290, 291, 293, 359, 545, 548 Bone 37a 15, 59, 191 Quetzalcoatl 316–320, 325, 355, 356, 390, Bone 37b 200 520, 529, 550 Maarten Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez - 9789004340527 Downloaded from Brill.com09/26/2021 02:15:09PM via free access <UN> Index 603 sacred 19, 52, 89, 117, 119, 119n31, 121, 123, 269, 270, 277, 281, 283, 284, 288, 289, 124, 125, 126, 128, 129, 140–149, 155, 157, 293, 310, 312, 313, 315, 316, 356, 364, 366, 169n, 172, 199, 206, 207, 212, 221–223, 368, 370n20, 387, 395, 395n55, 405, 411, 255, 262, 265, 269, 282, 283, 288, 292, 457, 476, 480, 481, 492, 509, 533, 534, 293, 294, 298, 299, 315, 324, 325, 357, 546, 547, 550, 559 429, 431, 450, 464, 477, 479, 481, 482, Cavua Caa Andevui (Mixtec: Mountain of 482n65, 485, 486, 488, 491, 504n89, 514, Heaven, Apoala) 114, 184, 261, 262, 269, 517, 520, 528, 540, 544–547, 555, 557, 558 306, 355, 546 sticks 396, 520n118, 529 see also Kava Kaandiui Xipe 92, 262, 264, 297 Ce Acatl 341, 346–349, 352, 353, 417, 423–429 Burgoa, Francisco de (Spanish see also Nacxitl, Topiltzin, Quetzalcoatl chronicler) 5, 64, 65, 69n27, 101n9, 116, ceiba (pochote) 69, 89, 146, 171, 172, 174, 175, 123, 232, 293 188, 207, 222, 298, 460, 479 butterfly ceremonial discourse 92, 126, 126n41, jewel 160, 197, 242, 246 157–159, 166, 222, 228, 230, 232, 379, 423, obsidian 24, 143 424, 483, 493, 509, 529, 544, 545, 556 symbol 200, 412 Cerro de la Campana 540 Cerro de la Estrella 402, 410, 429, 553 cacaxtli (Nahuatl: carrying frame) 75, 286 Cerro de las Minas 127, 128, 541, 542 cache 152, 293, 294, 370, 417, 429, 547 Cerro de los Cervatillos 116, 123, 232 calendar name (day name) 12, 23, 25, 27n36, Cerro Verde (Yucu Cuii) 300, 333, 335, 336, 28, 57, 63, 69, 74, 78, 101, 121, 133, 163, 340, 354, 550 171, 177, 207, 210, 216–219, 248, 251, 261, Chalcatongo (Ñuu Ndeya) 27, 82n42, 93, 262, 264, 266, 307n13, 310n15, 311, 313, 101n9, 115, 116, 123, 130, 138, 200, 221n, 315, 330, 332, 337, 339, 343n59, 347, 367, 232, 234, 265, 272, 286, 289, 290n, 318, 380, 382, 383, 384n44, 385, 396n58, 413, 533 416n81, 420, 423, 455, 499n82, 525, 526, Chalcatzingo 3, 223–231, 412n79, 535 Chalchiuhtepetl (temple pyramid of calendar round 15, 194, 342, 358, 380, 394, Cholula) 487, 520, 556 396, 397, 399, 403, 408, 424, 430, 450, Chalchiuhtlicue (Aztec goddess of rivers and 451, 454, 458, 517, 521, 529, 553, 557, 562 lakes) 216, 370n19, 383, 486, 505, 509, Calendar Stone (Sun Stone) 188, 379–385, 518n114 499, 503, 510, 535 chamber (of Tomb 7) 51, 52, 84, 123, 132, Calendar Wheel 395 146–152, 156, 194, 199, 242, 429 Candlemas 466 Chantico (Aztec goddess of the cannibalism / cannibal 29, 362, 501 hearth) 249n19, 476, 484, 485, 521 cardinal points (four directions) 15, 88, chevron band (yecu, ‘war’) 216, 338 114–117, 132, 153, 169, 227, 232, 241, 250, Chichen Itza 3, 324, 350, 352 261, 267, 297, 317, 318, 320, 325, 355, 358, Chicomecoatl (Aztec maize goddess) 416, 511 382, 408, 417, 442, 456, 459n34, 481, 483, Chicomoztoc (Nahuatl: seven caves, place of 485, 487, 490, 491, 492, 511, 522, 525n124, origin) 312–316, 324, 325, 354–356, 370, 535, 537, 550, 552, 556 395, 457 Caso, Alfonso 45, 46, 50–59, 63–65, 72, 73, Chief Seatle 531 75, 80, 83, 89, 90, 132n47, 133, 140, 158, childbirth 103, 111, 117, 153, 370–375, 492, 503, 162, 168, 208, 216, 217, 241, 251, 252n25, 505, 506, 509, 525 271, 299, 300, 339, 539, 542 Chimalpahin (Mexica historian) 10, 352, cave (abri) 14, 19, 25, 26n34, 28, 30, 65, 69, 353n80 70, 87, 88, 98, 109, 112–118, 121, 123, 126, chinampa (raised field) 400, 404, 408, 217, 223–233, 240, 255–258, 261, 266, 411, 416 Maarten Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez - 9789004340527 Downloaded from Brill.com09/26/2021 02:15:09PM via free access <UN> 604 Index Chiyo Cahnu (Teozacualco) 55, 79–82, 90, Coatlicue (Aztec earth goddess) 109, 371, 206–208, 214–222, 269, 271, 292, 356, 373, 517, 534 450, 543, 548 Cocijo (Zapotec rain deity) 50, 127, 276, 283, chocolate 118n30, 120, 121, 149, 167, 199 459n34 Christianity / Christian 5, 14, 15, 27, 28, 30, Codex Añute (Selden) 58, 64n23, 69n27, 33, 86, 87, 101, 109, 115, 119, 228, 328, 534, 75n37, 116, 146, 150n61, 175, 175n, 188, 535, 540, 541, 548, 549, 551, 557, 559, 200, 210n, 227, 232, 239n, 240, 252n, 560, 562, 563, 564, 566, 567 259, 262, 270n, 271, 272, 273, 325, 366n, Chronos 535 452n23, 547n16 Cihuacoatl (Aztec goddess of life-death-life) Codex Baranda 324n32, 326n39, 110–114, 128, 140, 143, 150, 154, 157, 191, Codex Dresden 446n18, 513n103 226n5, 254, 255n32, 265, 284, 285, 298, Codex Cihuacoatl (Borbonicus) 21n25, 310n15,
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