At 6:50 pm on Friday, April 4th, Dr. Elizabeth Baquedano of the Institute of Archaeology at University College London will give a presentation at CSULA on The Importance of Drums in Mexica Military Contexts. The presentation explores the close relationship that exists between drums and warfare, drum playing and the role that rulers and important dignitaries had with these instruments. The works of Sahagún, Durán and Alvarado Tezozomoc, among others, describe at length how drums signaled the attack or withdrawal of the army as well as funerary rites of great warriors. Codices confirm the martial and ritual aspects of drums. Both Teponaztli and Huehuetl drums were depicted with elaborate carvings: birds, felines and human beings, some of them warriors. The corpus is not large, but ehtnohistorical writings, codices and archaeological studies support the findings. The image is from the Codex Mendoza. To attend this or any of the presentations at our April 4-5 symposium please register via email: AHSCSULA@gmail Ours is the only annual symposium in the nation that highlights all the various entities of Mesoamerica. Dont miss out.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:47:17 +0000