Concept of the Garden in Pre-Hispanic Mexico

Granziera, Patrizia

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“…The Tlaxcalans thought it would be better if they took the governance of indigenous people into their own hands. 36 Olko and Brylak's analysis of the document emphasizes cultural trauma and the severity of rupture in Tlaxcala in the 1520s and 1530s and inquisitorial violence to extirpate older beliefs. That a member of the Tlaxcalan elite authored this document represents an indigenous attempt to extend native power under the new terms of Christianization.…”

Section: N a H U At L 1 0 1 : U S I N G I N D I G E N O U S L A N G U Ag E F O R T H E S T U Dy O F N At U R Ementioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching Tepahtia

Cooley

2019

Journal of Medieval Worlds

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This pedagogical article discusses sources and methods for teaching the history of imperial science and medicine in the Nahua world from 1400 to 1600, a period that ranges from the spectacular growth of the Aztec Empire through the conquest to the creation of New Spain. By providing students tools to explore non-European ontologies and world-building, this article presents several exercises in which students act as archival researchers and themselves puzzle out the complexities of information transfer in the archive of sixteenth-century Latin America. Combining European paleography workshops, linguistic tools pioneered by the IDIEZ Nahuatl program, the study of Mesoamerican archeological objects, and an engagement with Mexican medicinal plants to recreate early modern remedies, students gain access to a world of New Spanish knowledge-creation.

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Section: N a H U At L 1 0 1 : U S I N G I N D I G E N O U S L A N G U Ag E F O R T H E S T U Dy O F N At U R Ementioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching Tepahtia

Cooley

2019

Journal of Medieval Worlds

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“…Proof of that were the ancient botanical gardens located near Tenochtitlan, Chapultepec, Huastepec, Ixtapalapa, Peñón, Tetzcoco, and a bit farther, in Atlixco, in the state of Puebla [6].…”

Section: History Of Mexican Medicinal Plantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aromatic and Medicinal Plants in Mexico

Palma-Tenango¹,

Miguel-Chávez²,

Soto-Hernández³

2017

Aromatic and Medicinal Plants - Back to Nature

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Medicinal and aromatic plants in Mexico have been studied and explored through history. Day by day there is an increase in ethnobotanical, taxonomic, or phytochemical studies, providing an encouraging picture of research in Mexico and to support its use in traditional medicine. Chemical and biological exploration permit to provide solutions to the treatment of diseases. With this background, the objective of this chapter is to show the potential of endemic medicinal and aromatic plants in Mexico.

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“…Historical data and archaeological records indicate that for more than 5000 years, human groups in Mesoamerica have used numerous plants for magical, religious, and healing purposes. Although several of these plants are considered sacred and are associated with divinities, they also play important roles in disease-health processes [5][6][7][8]. Currently, most of these plants are still used for their same historical purposes and have been passed down through oral tradition among group members, mainly in rural areas [9,10].…”

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Actualized inventory of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Oaxaca, Mexico

Lucía

Jacqueline

Alberto

et al. 2021

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background Oaxaca is one of the most diverse states in Mexico from biological and cultural points of view. Different ethnic groups living there maintain deep and ancestral traditional knowledge of medicinal plants as well as traditional practices and beliefs about diseases/illnesses and cures. Previous ethnobotanical research in this state has helped document this knowledge, but with the addition of more studies, more records appear. We updated the inventory of medicinal knowledge between the different ethnic groups that inhabit the Oaxacan territory. Methods A database was constructed from two sources: (1) original data from a 3-year project in 84 municipalities of Oaxaca inhabited by eight ethnic groups and (2) different electronic databases. Results Records of 1032 medicinal plants were obtained; 164 families were registered, with Asteraceae, Fabaceae, and Rubiaceae being the most commonly used. A total of 770 species were reported in 14 vegetation types; the most important species came from temperate forests. Only 144 species corresponded to introduced species, and 272 were listed in a risk category. Illnesses of the digestive and genitourinary systems as well as culture-bound syndromes were treated with high numbers of medicinal plants. The Mestizo, Mixe, Mixtec, and Zapotec ethnic groups exhibited the greatest number of recorded medicinal plants. The 17 species that were used among almost all ethnic groups in Oaxaca were also used to cure the highest number of diseases. Discussion Inventories of medicinal plants confirm the persistence of traditional knowledge and reflect the need to recognize and respect this cosmovision. Many species are gathered in wild environments. The most important illnesses or diseases recorded in the present inventory are also mentioned in different studies, suggesting that they are common health problems in the rural communities of Mexico. Conclusions Medicinal plants are essential for ethnic groups in Oaxaca. It is necessary to recognize and understand the complex ancestral processes involved in the human-nature interaction and the role of these processes in the conservation of biodiversity and in the survivorship of ethnic groups that have persisted for centuries. Finally, this study serves as a wake-up call to respect those worldviews.

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Concept of the Garden in Pre-Hispanic Mexico

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Actualized inventory of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Oaxaca, Mexico

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