otli (T2737:13:8r)

The pictorial upon which iconographic element of the house dates from c. 1578. According to the Spanish gloss on the manuscript, the road is the “camino real que va de Mexico a Mechuacan” (royal road that goes from Mexico City to Michoacán). On its left it passes by a red building glossed as a casa at a place called “jojoquitepeque” (Xocoquitepec), as well as an area with the gloss “aqui le pide El Sitio” (here he requests the site). This refers to a request for a viceregal grant of a “sitio de estancia de ganado menor” (ranch for small livestock) adjacent to the borders of Almoloyan by an individual named Gonzalo de Salazar near. For more information see Ruz Barrio, Miguel Ángel, “Las huellas del ganado en el valle de Matlatzinco en el siglo XVI a través de los mapas hispanoindígenas/Tracing Livestock in the Matlatzinco Valley in the 16th century through Hispanic-Indigenous Maps,” Relaciones, Estudios de historia y Sociedad, 40:160 (dic. 2019), Epub 19 Nov. 2020.

Footprint glyphs have a wide range of translations. In this collection, so far, we can attest to yauh, xo, pano, -pan, paina, temo, nemi, quetza, otli, iyaquic hualiloti, huallauh, tepal, tetepotztoca, totoco, otlatoca, -tihui, and the vowel "o." Other research (Herrera et al, 2005, 64) points to additional terms, including: choloa, tlaloa, totoyoa, eco, aci, quiza, maxalihui, centlacxitl, and xocpalli.