In the last few days, there have been reports of a female figurine found in a Veracruz field. Stylistically it seems to be between Huastecan and Mexica. You may ignore the Star Wars reference in the Live Science post.
https://www.livescience.com/statue-woman-headdress-mexico.html
Additional images from INAH can be found here:
https://www.inah.gob.mx/images/boletines/2021_004/demo/#img/foto1.jpg
A story in making the rounds of international newspapers about finds at the Archeological Zone of Tecoaque / Zultepec. According to the stories, this was a town rampaged by the Spanish after members of the Cortes expedition had been captured and sacrificed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/spaniards-killed-women-kids-over-slaying...
The Northeastern Group of Nahuatl Scholars 2021 meeting will be held virtually from May 6-8. Scholars interested in presenting may now send in their proposals, with a 250-word abstract. Successful proposals will be notified by March 1. After that proposals will be accepted on a space-available basis. The format of the conference will be a zoom meeting from 11 AM EDT – 5 PM EDT on each of the three days. These times are five hours behind GMT.
Dear colleague,
INAH announced yesterday the discovery of new, important, sections of the Huey Tzompantli of the Templo Mayor Project. There are stories in several major media outlets:
The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/mexico-templo-tower-of-skulls-archaeologists...
From: Magnus Pharao Hansen, University of Copenhagen
Here is the link:
https://nahuatlstudies.blogspot.com/2020/05/nahuatl-scholar-interview-r-joe-campbell.html?
nstituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas (IDIEZ)
VIII Winter Intensive Modern Nahuatl Language Course (Virtual)
December 28, 2020 to January 8, 2021
Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Levels
5 hours per day of virtual classes, tutoring and conversation practice
Tuesdays and Thursdays: conversations on Nahua practices and customs of Chicontepec
V Colloquium of Nahua Language and Culture Studies
Cost: MN$2000 for Mexican residents; US$380 for residents of other countries
Dear tlamachtiltin,
From the editorial board of Entremons: UPF Journal of World History we invite you to send us an original text for its possible inclusion in the next issue of our journal. Entremons: UPF Journal of World History is an annual publication sponsored by the University Pompeu Fabra and accepts both academic articles and recently published books' reviews about World History.
From John Sullivan:
Nahuatl Fundraising Concert
Support Nahuatl Communities in the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Nahua singer and songwriter, Crispín Martínez Rosas, will offer a virtual concert on December 12 at 8pm Central Time.
Proceeds will be used to distribute informational audios and posters on COVID-19, prepared in several variants of Nahuatl, as well as face masks and food pantry items, in indigenous communities in Chicontepec, Veracruz, Huejutla, Hidalgo, Atliaca, Guerrero, and Sierra Norte de Puebla.
Tickets are US$15
Great article just published on Tlacahuepan:
Szoblik, Katarzyna. Traces of the Aztec Cultural Memory Registered in the Sixteenth-Century Songs and Chronicles: the case of Tlacahuepan. The Americas 77:4 (Oct. 2020) Pp. 513-37. (Open Access)
