An Interdisciplinary Study of Notched Idiophones (Omichicahuaztli) from the Excavations of Teotenango, State of Mexico de las excavaciones de Teotenango, Estado de México

Authors

  • Francisca Zalaquett Rock Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1563-0518
  • Josefina Bautista Martínez Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
  • Alejandro Véliz Ruíz Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Posgrado en Estudios Mesoamericanos
  • Valeria Bellomia Missione Etnologica Italiana in Messico, Collab. delle Civiltà de Roma, Italia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4042-1005
  • Dulce Sugey Espino Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18441/ind.v37i1.33-66

Keywords:

archaeoacoustics, omichicahuaztli, Mesoamerican instruments, prehispanic sound devices, notched bones, Teotenango, Mexico

Abstract

In this paper we present the interdisciplinary study of human notched bone idiophones (called omichicahuaztli in Náhuatl) which were excavated at the Teotenango archaeological site, located in Estado de México, Mexico, in the seventies. The analysis provided in this paper takes into account data that relates to the archaeological contexts where the bones were found, but also considers osteological, taphonomic, acoustical and linguistic analysis. Such an interdisciplinary approach offers a more relevant interpretation of the meaning and the significance of these instruments of matlatzincas prehispanic contexts

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Published

2020-06-30

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Vol. 37 No. 1 (2020)

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