cacallotl (CQ)
This glyphic element, cacallotl (perhaps nut tree or nut shell) has been carved from the compound place name Cacallotepec (perhaps "Nut Tree Hill"). It is a tree that, in the original compound, was standing in front of a hill or mountain. It has a green trunk that bifurcates into two groups of three fronds each. These are left uncolored.
Stephanie Wood
We are giving this noun the double "l," as it does not appear to have anything to do with ravens (cacalotl. Given that a nut shell can be a cacallotl, with the double "l," and the visual is a tree, we are leaning toward the interpretation of a nut tree.
Stephanie Wood
cacalotepec
Cacalotepec
Stephanie Wood
covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593
Stephanie Wod
cacallo(tl), a nut shell, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cacallotl
tepe(tl), hill/mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepetl
-tepec (locative suffix), on the hill/mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepec
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The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/
The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.