 | Sweeping the Way: Divine Transformation in the Aztec Festival of Ochpaniztli Subjects: Aztecs -- Rites and ceremonies; Aztecs -- Religion; Picture-writing -- Mexico; Human sacrifice -- Mexico; Codex Borbonicus; Aztecs -- Historiography; Many disasters originate from a force of nature, such as an earthquake, cyclone, tsunami, volcanic eruption, drought, or flood. But that is only half of the story; decisions of people and their particular cultural lifeways are the rest. Sociocultural fact Catherine DiCesare is an assistant professor of art history at Colorado State University. Her specialty is pre-Columbian art history/arts of the Americas, with research focusing on the conquest period in central Mexico. |
