[Aztlan] Aztlan Digest, Vol 45, Issue 22

[Mark C]

I have seen large stone images of the feathered serpent at the ancient site of Izapa, as well as Teotihuacan and Chichen Itza. That's quite a spread from Teo and Chichen, and it forms a triangle that completely encompasses Xochicalco. Didn't Quetzalcoatl and Kukulcan seem to originate from the same entity when considering images of the feathered serpent - with Quetzalcoatl coming later in time?
Mark Cheney
Oregon





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On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Bertrand Lobjois wrote:
 
> Even if the archaeological context could help, I don't think it is  
> directly related  with Quetzalcoatl.
> First, because the image of postclassic Quetzalcoatl doesn't exist  
> in Xochicalco. Xochicalco is an Epiclassic town and the iconography  
> of the feathered serpent is more related with Teotihuacan or even  
> Chichen Itza.
> According to Michel Graulich, this calendar dates could refer to   
> big change in mesoamerican calendar. It could mention the beginning  
> of a new calendar. Graulich argument is that at the Aztec time,  
> Moctezuma did the same thing for Mexico-Tenochtitlan when he changed  
> the date of the New Fire ceremony. That's why he doesn't exclude a  
> similar change for Xochicalco.
>
> Bertrand LOBJOIS
> Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico.
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris.
>
> http://mexiqueancien.blogspot.com