Keywords
This paper re-examines the “soil glyphs†from four Early Colonial Acolhua códices. These glyphs were drawn at the center of agricultural plots and have been linked to an indigenous land classificatory system. However
previously established glyph typologies display important morphological variations suggesting that different meanings have been grouped incorrectly. This study shows that
in addition to soils
the glyphs also registered other various land attributes. Thus
it would be more accurate to name them “parcel glyphsâ€. The purpose of employing parcel glyphs was
probably
to avoid confusions in the identification of landholdings registered at different times and by different persons. glifos de parcela
códices acolhua
Tepetlaoztoc
conjuntos domésticos
agricultura
previously established glyph typologies display important morphological variations suggesting that different meanings have been grouped incorrectly. This study shows that
in addition to soils
the glyphs also registered other various land attributes. Thus
it would be more accurate to name them “parcel glyphsâ€. The purpose of employing parcel glyphs was
probably
to avoid confusions in the identification of landholdings registered at different times and by different persons. glifos de parcela
códices acolhua
Tepetlaoztoc
conjuntos domésticos
agricultura
How to Cite
Corral, A. L. (2014). Los glifos de suelo en códices acolhua de la Colonia temprana: un reanálisis de su significado. Desacatos. Revista De Ciencias Sociales, (37), 145–162. https://doi.org/10.29340/37.293