Thematic and Chronological Ties Between the Borgia and Madrid Codices Based on Records of Agricultural Pests in the Planting Almanacs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2629477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victoria R Bricker (corresponding author), Susan Milbrath |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 497-531 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3998/jar.0521004.0067.401 |
| OpenAlex | W2315737928 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
Despite differences in layout, the Lowland Maya planting almanacs on pages 24-31 of the Madrid Codex are structurally and iconographically similar to the almanacs on pages 27-28 of the Codex Borgia from highland Central Mexico. We compare the agricultural pests pictured in the two groups of almanacs, consider the seasonal variation in their feeding habits, relate them to the tonalpohualli/tzolkin dates mentioned in the almanacs, and conclude that the temporal focus of the Madrid almanacs overlaps the years covered by the Borgia almanacs, which date to the fifteenth century (specifically 1467-1472, and more generally 1467-1519). The close thematic and chronological ties between the two sets of almanacs suggest that scribes in the two regions were communicating with each other and represent another facet of the spread of the Mixteca-Puebla tradition into the Maya area in Late Postclassic times
Ancient history · Archaeology · Cartography · Fifteenth · Geography · Maya · Thematic map · History · Latin American history and culture · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
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