Abstract

LOPEZ LUJAN, Leonardo  and  SANTOS, Marco Antonio. El tepetlacalli de la colección Leof: imagen cuatripartita del tiempo y el espacio. Estud. cult. náhuatl [online]. 2012, vol.43, pp.07-46. ISSN 0071-1675.

This article deals with a tepetlacalli or stone casket produced in the Basin of Mexico at the end of the Postclassic period. The article discusses the functions and meanings of stone caskets in Central Mexico and offers interpretations of the symbolism of this exceptional piece.

Keywords : Mexica; Mixtec; sculpture; ritual objects; world-view; Mesoamerican calendar; cardinal directions; Tlaloc; Tlaltecuhtli.

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