The goal of this Ph.D. research project is to define the historical context in which the Lienzo Seler II was produced through the latest works on the Coixtlahuaca group of documents while considering the ethno-historical, geographical and archaeological data for its interpretation.
Research Region: "Mexico"
Cognitive perception of space in Mesoamerica (C-5-8)
Research projectThis research project studied prehispanic codices and early colonial map-like documents from Mesoamerica. It shows the changes the representations underwent after contact with the Spaniards. The Prehispanic documents, known as Codices, reflect a distinctive perception by means of a graphical representation system that distinguishes them from the “lienzos” and “mapas” (maps) produced in the course of the Spanish colonization. The study examines the ‘mapped worlds’ in the the ‘art of mapping’ in Mesoamerica and compares the visualization and organization of space in the pictorial documents before and after the Spanish Conquest.