[Aztlan] Aztlan

[John F. Schwaller]

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> If Aztlan was an imaginary place, this were not even known by the Aztecs,
> and proof of that is, that the emperor himself Moctezuma II (correct me if
> Im wrong) sent an expedition to locate such place.
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What Henry write is, of course correct.  But just because the Mexica
believed it existed does not necessarily mean that it is true.  There is a
line that exists between widely held beliefs and what serious scholars
accept as true.  In this case, Aztlan was a powerful image in Nahua and
Mexica thought  but the consensus of opinion among scholars of the field
is there is no credible evidence that such a place really existed.

-- 
John F. Schwaller
President,
SUNY Potsdam
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