Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza: From Primordial Sea to Public Space

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Italic page numbers indicate material in figures; they are separated from textual references by semicolons. Acapistla [Yecapixtla]: quincunx aerial view, 80; Relación Geográfica, 56 Acatlan, town plan, 203 Acatzingo, town plan, 204 acculturation, three phases of, 50–51, 224–225n77 Achiutla. See San Miguel Achiutla agora, Greek, 196 agriculture, 3, 131–133, 165 Aguilar, Gerónimo de, 36 Ahuatepec, town plan, 205 Ahuelicán, 31 Alameda, Juan de, 38, 84, 88, 113–114 Alberti, Leon Battista, 33, 40, 46 alfices: Angahuan, 159; 160; Calpan, 115; Huaquechula, 89–90; 90; Huejotzingo, 86; 86; Tlanalapa, 128; 128 Alhambra, 43 alidade, 61, 81, 225n1; 30 Alonso, Luis de, 38 Altepe-ilhuitl festival, 106 altepetl(s): in cosmogram, 32; 32; of Guaxtepec, 13; as place-names, 12–13; prototype drawing, 12; in Relaciones Geográficas, 54–55, 58; 54–58; of Tehuantepec, 13; as water-filled mountain, 12; 23 Amecameca, 63–71; 71 American suburban myth, 200 Amoltepec, Relación Geográfica, 58 An Album of Maya Architecture (Proskouriakoff), 7–9 anastilo, 64 Andrews, George, 5, 7, 22 Angahuan, 159–161; atrio and façade, 160; cemetery, 161; San Lorenzo Capilla de Hospital, 161; town plan, 159; troje houses, 161 angels: Calpan, 114–116; 115, 116; Huaquechula, 89; Huejotzingo , 86; 86, 87; Teposcolula, 166; Tepoztlán, 107 Anunciación, Domingo de la, 106 arches, 33, 41, 45, 51, 53 architecture: as backdrop, 5; European source books, 40; Roman influence on, 33–35, 40, 43, 45–46, 50. See also friararchitects Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal Mexico (Mullen), 100 architecture of conversion, 28; Atlatlahuacan, 53–54; Otumba de Gómez Farías, 139; Tepoztlán, 106–107; Tochimilco, 109; Villa Díaz Ordaz, 125; Zoquizoquipan, 72 Arte indocristiana (Reyes-Valerio), 111 astronomical cycles, 195 Atengo, Relación Geográfica, 59 Atetelco, 117–119 Athens, 42 Atipac, town plan, 205 Atlatlahuacan, 81–84; chapel and façade, 82; church portal, 83, 88; convent and atrio, 82; plan of town center, 81; posa, 82; quincunxial atrio, 53, 82; Relación Geográfica, 54 atrio, 1, 48; engraving of ideal atrio, 53; 53; forming a quincunx , 48, 51–54, 113; 52–54; locating on already sacred ground, 1, 48; purpose of, 1, 48; as source of water, 55. See also atrio crosses; posa chapels atrio crosses, 53; Epazoyucan, 174; 175; Erongarícuaro, 158; Huejotzingo, 85–86; 86; Huequechula, 88; 88; Otumba, 139; Teposcolula, 169; 168; Tlacolula, 137; Tlanalapa, 128; 127; Tochimilco, 109; 109; Villa Díaz Ordaz, 125; 125; ZoIndex D2809_Wagner_10.indd 245 9/29/12 3:37 AM Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza 246 quizoquipan, 72, 76; 76 Augustinian Order, 35, 38, 93, 150, 174 Austin, Texas, 201 “Avenue of the Dead,” Teotihuacan, 49 Axapusco, town plan, 206 axis mundis, 2, 13, 26, 52; 26 Aztec Empire, 35–38, 47, 49, 224n68 Aztec poem, 71 The Aztecs under Spanish Rule (Gibson), 224n68 ballcourts, 28; 28; as axis mundis, 31; banned and destroyed, 119; bullfights as substitute for, 119–121, 126, 128; as inverse pyramids, 28; 29; as portals, 28, 119 baroque city plan, 43 “Basic Plaza Grouping” (Andrews), 22 Basílica de la Salud, Pátzcuaro, 153 basin, quatrefoil, 16; 17 basketball, 159 bastides, 40, 43 Becerra, Francisco, 39, 107 Beginning of Spring parade, 199 Benavente, Toribio de, 38, 46, 47, 51, 124 Black, Sinclair, 77 blood scroll, 97 Bonampak murals, 5; 6 book trade, 222n29 Boone, Elizabeth Hill, 224n68 Brady, James E., 12 Bretos, Miguel A., 183 Brunelleschi, Filippo, 33 bullfights: construction of bullring, 121; 122–123; as substitute for ball games, 119–121, 126, 129; temporary bullrings, 79, 121; 79, 122–123 Burgoa, Francisco de, 101 caiman/crocodile symbol, 6–7, 49; 7 calendrical systems, 195 Calpan, 111–119; church, 112; Constantino Reyes-Valerio on, 111; façades, 112, 114, 115; Last Judgment scene, 118; medallion of Saint John, 119; posa, 115–118; stairs to atrio, 113; town center plan, 111 calpullis, 53–54 camarínes, 183 Campo de’ Fiori, 45 cantilevered cornice, 187 Capilla de la Cueva, Sacromonte, 65–66 Capilla del Señor: Sacromonte, 71; 67, 68, 71; Tlacolula, 134; 135 Capilla Real, Cholula, 51; 52 car culture, 200 Carrasco, David, 12–13 Carrillo y Ancona, Crescencio, 185 carving tools, preconquest, 113 casa cural, 124 Casa Maya, 180; 181, 182 caste system in New Spain, 228n136 Caste War, 228n136 castrum grid, 40, 43 Catherwood, Frederick, 185 Catholic Church: liturgy, 48; post-Reform loss of land, 133, 137, 139, 144; veneration of saints, 72. See also Augustinian Order; Dominican Order...