SANTERÍA CUBANA EN LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO: Estudio de caso en una colonia popular al sur de la ciudad de México by Diana Cano Miranda

“…An example of this is Cuban Santeria and its implantation in Aztec lands. In recent years Santeria has been a culture which has demanded a diff erent meaning in the forms of religiosity in Mexico. …”
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Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions by MMPB Fuentes, E McMichael, CY Kot, I Silver-Gorges, BP Wallace, BJ Godley, AML Brooks, SA Ceriani, AA Cortés-Gómez, TM Dawson, KL Dodge, M Flint, MP Jensen, LM Komoroske, S Kophamel, MD Lettrich, CA Long, SE Nelms, AR Patrício, NJ Robinson, JA Seminoff, M Ware, ER Whitman, D Chevallier, CE Clyde-Brockway, SA Korgaonkar, A Mancini, J Mello-Fonseca, JR Monsinjon, I Neves-Ferreira, AA Ortega, SH Patel, JB Pfaller, MD Ramirez, C Raposo, CE Smith, FA Abreu-Grobois, GC Hays

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Animal Killing Practices / by Ames, Sheena, author 648112

“…Animal sacrifice has turned up in almost all cultures, from the Hebrews to the Greeks and Romans and from the Aztecs to the Hindus. D Remnants of ancient rituals of animal sacrifice are apparent in many cultures, for example the Spanish bullfights, or kapparos in Judaism, or ritual slaughter procedures like shechita or dabiḥah in Judaism and Islam, respectively. …”
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Categorías universales del pensamiento mítico en la tradición cosmogónica y escatológica by Kattia Chinchilla Sánchez

“…In this article we present a teoric comparison of four myths: two cosmogonic and two escatologic of the Greeks and the Aztecs. …”
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The Tzauhtli Glue by Carolusa González Tirado

“…The Aztecs used the word "tzauhtli" to name the glue extracted from Orchid bulbs, which was used as adhesive for feather mosaics. …”
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Las relaciones espaciotemporales como señas de identidad de los personajes en dos novelas de Carlos Fuentes: Los años con Laura Días e Instinto de Inés : (una aproximación narratol... by Zsuzsanna Csikós

“…The paper analyzes different forms of registering time in two novels by Carlos Fuentes, Instinto de Inés and Los años con Laura Díaz, in the speech of the characters: rejection of linear time, shifts in time, the circular sense of time of the Aztecs and the application of cinema techniques (simultaneous time). …”
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THE LAST TWO MILLION YEARS : Reader's Digest History of Man / by Reader's Digest Association.

THE MISSING LINK IN THE HISTORY OF THE LOCKED INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL by FLÁVIO PIRES DE CAMARGO, GUILHERME PELOSINI GAIARSA, OLAVO PIRES DE CAMARGO, PAULO ROBERTO DOS REIS, JORGE DOS SANTOS SILVA, KODI EDSON KOJIMA

“…ABSTRACT Femoral Shaft intramedullary nails were first described by the Aztecs in 16th century, but the modern use of intramedullary nails as the gold standard treatment for femoral shaft fractures began with Gerald Kuntcher in 1939. …”
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Ethnic Signs in the 21st century’s fashion: Pre-Columbian Cultural manifestations in creation of atemporal products by Andreia Salvan, Caroline Pagnan

“…This article aims seeks a review of the relevance of cultural events and ethnic groups in the fashion of the century, in addition to making an approach to the creative process of a collection of accessories with references in preColumbian cultures of the people Incas, Mayas and Aztecs…”
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Sheilas and Pooftas': Hyper-Heteromasculinity in 1970s Australian Popular Music Cultures by Rebecca Hawkings

“…Using the framework of performative hyper-heteromasculinity, this article will examine three key case studies of popular music in 1970s Australia – the ‘ocker’ of Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs, ABBA’s 1977 tour of Australia, and the ‘flamboyant ockerism’ of The Angels and Skyhooks – in order to better understand the complex nexus of gender, sexuality, and cultural nationalism.…”
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Building a Floating Hydroponic Garden by Michael Sweat, Richard Tyson, Robert Hochmuth

“… The Aztecs and Incas amazed the Spanish conquistadors with their floating gardens, and now 500 years later you can impress your friends and neighbors with yours. …”
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La pratique des langues autochtones au Mexique, xvie-xxie siècles by Patrick Johansson Keraudren

“…This paper begins by defining the polysynthetic nature of the Aztecs’ language and then considers the specific modalities of language contact between Nahuatl and Spanish throughout history. …”
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‘Behind the doors of learning’: The transmission of racist and sexist discourses in a History classroom by Mark Wilmot, Devika Naidoo

“…The conventional Grade 10 topic, The conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish, was mediated through racist and sexist formal and informal discursive strategies such as the use of  teacher power to silence contestation of inaccurate statements; the use of metaphor, simile, and binary oppositions to convey prejudicial meanings, derogation, inferiorisation, ridicule, jokes,  disclaimers, and stereotyping that subsumed the historical topic being taught. …”
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‘Behind the doors of learning’: The transmission of racist and sexist discourses in a History classroom by Mark Wilmot, Devika Naidoo

“…The conventional Grade 10 topic, The conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish, was mediated through racist and sexist formal and informal discursive strategies such as the use of  teacher power to silence contestation of inaccurate statements; the use of metaphor, simile, and binary oppositions to convey prejudicial meanings, derogation, inferiorisation, ridicule, jokes,  disclaimers, and stereotyping that subsumed the historical topic being taught. …”
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Cultural heritage and food identity: The pre-Hispanic salt of Zapotitlán Salinas, Mexico by Marie-Christine Renard, Humberto Thomé Ortiz

“…Salt production in Zapotitlán de las Salinas (Puebla, Mexico) dates back to pre-Hispanic times when the Popolocas inhabiting the Tehuacán Valley paid it as tribute to the Aztecs. The technique to obtain salt has changed little over the past 500 years and know-how continues to be transmitted from generation to generation of salters (salineros). …”
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SP/RULINA (ARTHROSPIRA): AN EDIBLE MICROORGANISM: A REVIEW by Martba Sáncbez, Jaime Bernal-Castillo, Camilo Rozo, Ignacio Rodríguez

“…Before Columbus, Mexicans (Aztecs) exploited this microorganism as human food; presently, African tribes (Kanembu) use it for the same purpose. …”
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Stolen authenticity: Reception of the Primitive Art and Culture on The Representative International Fairs in late XIX and early XX century by Nada Sekulić

“…Spanish conquistadors transported various cultural artifacts of Aztecs and Incas in Europe, where they became curiosities at the chambers of the royalty. …”
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Biological Bases of the Aggressive Behaviour - Studies on Man by M. Ernandes, M. La Guardia, M. Giammanco, G. Tabacchi, S. Giammanco

“…It has been observed that countries above the median in maize consumption have significantly higher homicide rates than countries below the median.Maize was firstly and largely utilised by Native American peoples. Particularly, Aztecs may constitute a reference pattern of serotonin deficiency due to alimentary causes. …”
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Geocriticism and the exploration of Mexico City-Tenochtitlán in Carlos Fuentes’ Where the Air is Clear by Pasuree Luesakul

“…On the other, the author depicts a total image of the megacity by highlighting its historical particularity: Mexico City was constructed by Spaniards precisely above the ruins of Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztecs. This article proposes a study of the Boom’s classic text with a novel approach from a geographical focus. …”
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Eric Wolf: A semiotic exploration of power by Irene Portis-Winner

“…Within this framework Wolf analyzes three cases, the Kwakiutl, the Aztecs, and Nazi Germany. The comparisons are very revealing, both the wide differences and similarities in power configurations and in the role of imagination.…”
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