Dr. Elizabeth Baquedano obtained her PhD at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. She also holds the position of Lecturer at the University College London, Institute of Archaeology and at the Spanish and Latin American Departments at University College London. She has curated several exhibitions among them: Aztec Treasures from Mexico for the State Visit of the Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid, Museum of Mankind, London. June 1985. “Henry Moore in Mexico” curated for Henry Moore’s centenary. University of East Anglia, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 1998 In May 2014 her new book as editor will be released by University Press of Colorado titled: Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Aztec Deity. The following are a select listing of her previous publications: 2011 Concepts of Death and the Afterlife in Central Mexico in Living with the Dead: Mortuary Ritual in Mesoamerica. Edited by James Fitzsimmons and Izumi Shimada The University of Texas Press, Tucson, pp. 203-230. 2005 ‘El oro Azteca y sus conexiones con el poder, la fertilidad agrícola, la guerra y la muerte’, Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, vol. 36, pp.359-381. Baquedano, E. and James, N.1995. ‘War and Sacrifice in Mexica State Sculpture. In La Quệte du cinquieme soleil. Hommages a Jacques Soustelle. Ed. Jacqueline de Durand-Forest et Georges Baudot. Editions L’Harmattan, Vol. II, pp. 163-173 Baquedano, E. and Graulich, M. 1993. ‘Decapitation among the Aztecs: mythology, agriculture and politics and hunting. Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, vol. 23, pp. 163-173. PRESENTATION: The Importance of Drums in Mexica Military Contexts ANSTRACT: This paper 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 through the ehtnohistorical writings, codices and archaeology, we support this interpretation.
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