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Research Year:  2002
Culture:  Aztec
Chronology:  Late Classic
Location:  México, D.F.
Site:  Cerro de la Estrella, Colhuacán

Table of Contents

Abstract
Presentation
Location
The Significance of the Temple of the New Fire
Temple of the New Fire Architectural Complex
Scheme of the Thesis
List of Figures

Abstract

Thanks to FAMSI’s support, the bachelor’s degree thesis of Archaeology titled "El Templo del Fuego Nuevo en el Huixachtécatl (Cerro de la Estrella)" has now been completed. This investigation was a development focused on one of the most important ceremonial centers. There, the last New Fire ceremony of the prehispanic times made by the Tenochca Empire was celebrated, in 1507. The remarkable significance of the sanctuary is not limited to the Late Postclassic period. The pyramid shows a series of superimposed stages with continuity in the ritual occupation since the Classic period; two stages have a relation with Colhuacán and one with the Mexica. We have defined the architectural characteristic as well as those of the offerings, which have revealed a water-fire duality.

Submitted 09/12/2003 by:
Miguel Pérez Negrete
huixachtla@yahoo.es

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