tzinacantli (T2773:8:50r)

The pictorial produced in the Toluca Valley community of Tzinacantepec (or Zinacantepec) upon which this element is located dates from c. 1579. In that year, 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 community 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 (see Historical Context Image). For additional 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.