The Lords of Devastation. Ritualized violence in warlike and underworld deities of Western Mexico during the Postclassic (900-1521 AD)

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The worship of gods of war in West Mexico has been the object of study before, especially in Michoacán. In the non-Tarascan West; that is, the states of Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit, the issue has not been thoroughlyinvestigated due to the lack of written sources on the matter. However, the iconograp...

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Autor principal: González Rizo, Erick
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Publicado: Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA 2021
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warrior gods
western Mexico
Tezcatlipoca
Warrior Tláloc
dioses guerreros
Occidente de México
Tláloc guerrero
deuses guerreiros
Oeste do México
guerreiro Tláloc
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spelling I28-R258-article-88182025-08-13T16:59:07Z The Lords of Devastation. Ritualized violence in warlike and underworld deities of Western Mexico during the Postclassic (900-1521 AD) Los Señores de la devastación. Violencia ritualizada en las deidades guerreras e inframundanas del Occidente de México durante el Posclásico (900-1521 d. C.) Os Senhores da devastação. Violência ritualizada nas divindades guerreiras e do submundo do México ocidental durante o período pós-clássico (900–1521 d.C.) González Rizo, Erick warrior gods western Mexico Tezcatlipoca Warrior Tláloc dioses guerreros Occidente de México Tezcatlipoca Tláloc guerrero deuses guerreiros Oeste do México Tezcatlipoca guerreiro Tláloc The worship of gods of war in West Mexico has been the object of study before, especially in Michoacán. In the non-Tarascan West; that is, the states of Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit, the issue has not been thoroughlyinvestigated due to the lack of written sources on the matter. However, the iconographic evidence available in the regional archaeological record allows us to infer the presence of very widespread war cults in the region during the Postclassic (900-1521 AD). The phenomenon of war was not exclusive to this period and there is archaeological evidence of it in figurines from the Formative, but it is during this late period that religious representations associated with war and militarism spread, especially in areas with presence of the Aztatlán Network. This paper proposes that the regional warrior cults shared a common symbolic language as part of the growing interregional integration of the Mesoamerican World-System. El culto a dioses de la guerra en el Occidente ha sido objeto de estudio anteriormente, en especial en Michoacán. En el Occidente no tarasco; es decir, los estados de Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, no se ha investigado a fondo el tema, por falta de fuentes escritas al respecto. Sin embargo, la evidencia iconográfica disponible en el registro arqueológico regional permite inferir la presencia de cultos bélicos en la región, muy extendidos durante el Posclásico (900-1521 d. C.). El fenómeno de la guerra no era exclusivo de este periodo, y hay evidencia arqueológica de ello en figurillas desde el Formativo, pero es durante este periodo tardío cuando se extienden las representaciones religiosas asociadas a la guerra y el militarismo, en especial en áreas con presencia de la Red Aztatlán. Se propone que los cultos guerreros regionales compartían un lenguaje simbólico común como parte de la creciente integración interregional del sistema-mundo mesoamericano. O culto aos deuses da guerra no Ocidente tem sido objeto de estudos anteriores, especialmente em Michoacán. No Ocidente não tarasco -isto é, os estados de Jalisco, Colima e Nayarit- o tópico não foi investigado exaustivamente devido à falta de fontes escritas. No entanto, as evidências iconográficas disponíveis no registro arqueológico regional nos permitem inferir a presença de cultos de guerra na região, que foram difundidos durante o pós-clássico (900-1521 dC). O fenômeno da guerra não era exclusivo deste período, e há evidências arqueológicas dele em estatuetas do período formativo. No entanto, foi durante este período tardio que as representações religiosas associadas à guerra e ao militarismo se tornaram difundidas, especialmente em áreas com a presença da Rede de Aztatlán. Propõe-se que os cultos guerreiros regionais compartilhassem uma linguagem simbólica comum como parte da crescente integração inter-regional do sistema-mundo mesoamericano. Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA 2021-11-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/8818 10.34096/mace.v29i1.8818 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol. 29 No. 2 (2021); 186-207 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol. 29 Núm. 2 (2021); 186-207 1851-3751 0327-5752 Derechos de autor 2021 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria
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topic warrior gods
western Mexico
Tezcatlipoca
Warrior Tláloc
dioses guerreros
Occidente de México
Tezcatlipoca
Tláloc guerrero
deuses guerreiros
Oeste do México
Tezcatlipoca
guerreiro Tláloc
spellingShingle warrior gods
western Mexico
Tezcatlipoca
Warrior Tláloc
dioses guerreros
Occidente de México
Tezcatlipoca
Tláloc guerrero
deuses guerreiros
Oeste do México
Tezcatlipoca
guerreiro Tláloc
González Rizo, Erick
The Lords of Devastation. Ritualized violence in warlike and underworld deities of Western Mexico during the Postclassic (900-1521 AD)
topic_facet warrior gods
western Mexico
Tezcatlipoca
Warrior Tláloc
dioses guerreros
Occidente de México
Tezcatlipoca
Tláloc guerrero
deuses guerreiros
Oeste do México
Tezcatlipoca
guerreiro Tláloc
author González Rizo, Erick
author_facet González Rizo, Erick
author_sort González Rizo, Erick
title The Lords of Devastation. Ritualized violence in warlike and underworld deities of Western Mexico during the Postclassic (900-1521 AD)
title_short The Lords of Devastation. Ritualized violence in warlike and underworld deities of Western Mexico during the Postclassic (900-1521 AD)
title_full The Lords of Devastation. Ritualized violence in warlike and underworld deities of Western Mexico during the Postclassic (900-1521 AD)
title_fullStr The Lords of Devastation. Ritualized violence in warlike and underworld deities of Western Mexico during the Postclassic (900-1521 AD)
title_full_unstemmed The Lords of Devastation. Ritualized violence in warlike and underworld deities of Western Mexico during the Postclassic (900-1521 AD)
title_sort lords of devastation. ritualized violence in warlike and underworld deities of western mexico during the postclassic (900-1521 ad)
description The worship of gods of war in West Mexico has been the object of study before, especially in Michoacán. In the non-Tarascan West; that is, the states of Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit, the issue has not been thoroughlyinvestigated due to the lack of written sources on the matter. However, the iconographic evidence available in the regional archaeological record allows us to infer the presence of very widespread war cults in the region during the Postclassic (900-1521 AD). The phenomenon of war was not exclusive to this period and there is archaeological evidence of it in figurines from the Formative, but it is during this late period that religious representations associated with war and militarism spread, especially in areas with presence of the Aztatlán Network. This paper proposes that the regional warrior cults shared a common symbolic language as part of the growing interregional integration of the Mesoamerican World-System.
publisher Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA
publishDate 2021
url https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/8818
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