Análisis de la orientación de los entierros de Tlatilco, Estado de México y Santa María Texcalac, Tlaxcala

Authors

  • Pedro Zárate Montes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/iia.14055066p.2005.21591

Keywords:

funerary context, symbolism, orientation, cardinal points

Abstract

The objective of this work consists of outlining an analysis method that permits us to obtain more information on the meaning from the direction from the pre- Hispanic burials. It is established as explanatory hypothesis that The pre-Hispanic groups intended to guide to their died toward some of the four cardinal points, north, south, this, west, however its direction was not specified since used to the sun as direction element.

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How to Cite

Zárate Montes, P. (2010). Análisis de la orientación de los entierros de Tlatilco, Estado de México y Santa María Texcalac, Tlaxcala. Estudios De Antropología Biológica, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.22201/iia.14055066p.2005.21591

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Section

Prácticas funerarias