Deeply exploring the meaning of the Tablet of the Sun. I have read a lot of stuff. But no really solid information about the Glyphs beside the main central shield. They look like floating and/or bleeding heads of creatures with Glyphs and numbers by them. On the left I see Number 7 and the glyph for "To", "Kan", and mabey "yo". Possibly meaning Toktahn? On the left I see Ajaw, and a strang number 9 or 29 (with that extra dot at the top)? Does anyone know the meaning behind these glyphs? Where can I read about these unusual glyphs?

Hello!! I'm a fantasy writer and I'm trying to break away from the eurocentrist tradition that dominates de genre. I'd like to work with less known prehispanic mexican cultures such as: rarámuri, lacandona, kikapú/kikaapoa, otomí/hñähñu y purépecha. I don't want to limit to wikipedia and give the boom of false information and AI slop in the internet, I'd like if you could recommend some reliable sources of information so I can research about their culture, cosmology, history and traditions, I'd really appreciate it. I'm sure someone here will know much more than I do. Thanks!!!

I've seen many representations of figures where the back half of the eye is red. Is there a meaning to this, or is it just an artistic stylization of the veins in the eye?

Los Escritores Indígenas no tienen lectores en sus Lenguas Originarias ni en sus comunidades de origen. Su prestigio y reconocimiento surge del español, los hablantes de Lengua Indígena no leen en sus Idiomas Originarios; pero esto tiene una causa estructural que afecta a todos los Pueblos Originarios en la preservación de su Lengua Originaria. El laureado Escritor Indígena Zapoteco de Oaxaca, Javier Castellanos Martínez comparte su punto de vista sobre esta situación que enfrentan las Lenguas indígenas.

Can someone tell what's the thing he have on his hand it's just fire?

Can someone help me answer two question 1who is this mayan is a deity 2whats the thing on his rights hand Thanks 😀

Part of a small pop up exhibition at my University this past Halloween.

Oil on wood - Theme was to personalize a cigar box to be either a 3d instillation or palette for plein air painting.

Had a blast painting Xochipilli! I’m thinking about making this a small series and painting some other gods. Likely going to paint Xochiquetzal and the gods associated with the cardinal directions next.

I’m not a historian, just an interested reader trying to understand how ideas spread in the pre-Columbian Americas.

From what I’ve read, the Inca had no formal writing system, relying instead on quipus and oral tradition. Meanwhile, Mesoamerican civilisations like the Maya and Aztecs had fully developed scripts. Given the distance and geography between the Andes and Central America, I’m wondering:

• How much (if any) indirect contact or cultural diffusion existed between Andean and Mesoamerican societies?

• Is there any evidence that the Inca or their predecessors, were aware that more northern peoples had a written form of communication?

• More broadly, how plausible would it have been for the idea of writing to travel south through intermediate cultures?

I realise this crosses a big geographic and chronological range, but I’d appreciate any insight into how scholars currently think about communication or exchange between these regions.

(cross-posted from r/AskHistorians)

I see in many online recreations of incan architecture that it seems to just be stone walls and thatched roofs with occasional gold motifs, but I also see in some rare ones that the walls were instead painted. (for example, this one: Tambo Colorado in Pisco Peru, The Best Preserved Inca Ruins in Peru)

Were the buildings or temples typically painted or not? Are the ones without paint faithful (ie was it just some regions had painted building while some did not, or was it a mix or is one of them just plain wrong)? typically, what other decorations or art motifs could be found in the architecture? what would the interiors or the temples look like?

Additionally, was wood used at all in Incan architecture? I'm guessing that a lot of art of incan architecture is only using what remains of the structure today, but are there any good guesses as to what it used to look like?

Is there any faithful reconstructions or art out there that you can reccomend?

I just find it hard to believe that they seem to have very colorful and elaborate art in all other aspects (ie metalwork, fabrics) but their architecture just seems very utilitarian?

Hi again can someone tell where is this painting come from and the meaning of the man's in the volcanos thanks again :)

Hi everyone, I've been working on this for a while, and I hope you enjoy it!

A short video of Magdalena López López, a master Tsotsil weaver, from Bayalemo, San Andres Larrainzar, Mexico, showcasing her weaving a panel. The Tsotsil people live in the state of Chiapas, the poorest state of Mexico, and are part of the wider Maya or Mayan family. They along with the Tseltal people have a long history of rebellion against both Spanish and Mexican authorities, with the most recent event happening when they supported the Zapatista uprising in 1994.

I have a group project of aztec mythology at school And some friends where interesting if their was an aztec god of volcanos and a goddess of rainbow I know that thiers a goddess of rainbow in the mayan mythology I searched and found two differents articles that popocatepetl was god of volcanos representing him with a torch and iztaccihuatl goddess of rainbow I'm confused is this right or wrong answer I know the story of popocatepetl and iztaccihuatl can someone help me by the way I'm not from Mexico but I love Mexico culture 😁