Tzinacantepec (T2773:8:50r)

The pictorial upon which this compound place glyph is located dates from c. 1579. Tzinacantepec (or Zinacantepec) is located in the Toluca Valley. In 1579 a man named Juan de Mogollón requested a viceregal grant of two caballerías de tierra near the indigenous community. The pictorial was seemingly created at that time, related to a viceregal order mandating an investigation of the land in question to ensure that the property was not being cultivated by the indigenous population and fell instead inside an area marked off by the so-called cerca general (general wall) that separated community lands from those considered to be open for the establishment of livestock-raising activities. The glyph is glossed as cerro de cinacantepeque and is positioned just below a church glossed cinacantepeque (see the gloss and the Historical Context Image). In other words, the pictorial features both traditional and “Spanish” glyphic elements for the indigenous community. 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.