LA AGRICULTURA EN LA SOCIEDAD YUCATECA POSCLÁSICA: EL TESTIMONIO DEL CÓDICE MADRID

From study of the Madrid Codex, iconographie, ethnohistoric, biological, and agronomic information is integrated to describe various aspects of the culture and, therefore, of the social life of Postclassic Maya. The indigenous system of itinerant agriculture is analysed; the representation of corn a...

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Published in:Boletín americanista 2020-01 (80), p.77-99
Main Author: Damián, Manuel Alberto Morales
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
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Agriculture
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Summary:From study of the Madrid Codex, iconographie, ethnohistoric, biological, and agronomic information is integrated to describe various aspects of the culture and, therefore, of the social life of Postclassic Maya. The indigenous system of itinerant agriculture is analysed; the representation of corn and milpa, of agricultural tools, of the cultivation cycle, and of the characters, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic, which participate in the process, are explained. The economic and cultural aspects of agriculture studied allow us to understand man's relations with nature in the Mayan worldview. El segundo aspecto que hay que tener en cuenta es que el registro también refiere a las condiciones propias de la realidad social y natural; en otras palabras: que el lector intérprete del códice debía poder reconocer cuándo era adecuado realizar diversas actividades (agrícolas, apícolas, cinegéticas u otras).
ISSN:0520-4100
DOI:10.1344/BA2020.80.1005