El Tecomate. A Solar Sanctuary in North-Central Sinaloa
Abstract
The petroglyphs of Tecomate, a site located in the municipality of Navolato, Sinaloa, have been used as proof that Huitzilopochtli was born in Sinaloa; however, it had not been studied by archaeology. It was established that it is a ceremonial center made up of two small stone structures on the sides of the petroglyps; most of which are located on a stone right at the confluence of two small streams and an anthropomorphic figure in a position of childbirth has been highlighted. However, it seems that the petroglyphs are distributed in relation to two suns: one in each from the east and west ends of the panel, around which are more than 90 designs, including several human and animal footprints. In addition, on a second stone, 30 meters southwest of the first, there are two spirals, one sun and a staircase. In short, it seems to express the space between sunrise and sunset, that is, the inhabited world, the juyya ánia of the Mayo-Yoreme. Ethnohistoric sources and ethnographic analogy I will be appeal to determine if we can speak of a theogony.
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