The Nahua NewsletterWith support from the Department of Anthropology
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Alan R. Sandstrom, Editor
A Publication of the Indiana University
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
October 1986, Number 2
The Nahua Newsletter
With support from the Department
of Anthropology
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Alan R.
Sandstrom, Editor
A Publication of the Indiana
University
Center for Latin American
and Caribbean Studies
Brad Huber, Editor
Welcome to the second issue of the Nahua Newsletter. Reader response to the first issue was very encouraging. It is hoped that this newsletter becomes a very effective means by which Nahua specialists can exchange information and ideas with each other. Readers' comments, suggestions, and opinions are always welcome.
The editor is pleased to report that a session entitled "What Happened to the Aztec Empire?" will be held on Friday, December 5, 1986, at the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Philadelphia. Official times and titles of the papers in this session can be found below. In addition to this news, the present issue contains two proposals to compile a bibliography on Nahua sources, several requests for scholarly assistance, titles and details of new publications, and other items of general interest.
Subscriptions to the Nahua Newsletter are free and are requested by filling out the form on the last page of each issue. Readers are asked to make copies of the present issue and send them to Nahua specialists not listed on the roster. A third issue of the Newsletter is planned for February 1987.
A session entitled "What Happened to the Aztec Empire?" will be held on Friday, December 5, 1986, at the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Philadelphia. The session was organized by James Taggart (Franklin and Marshall), Louise Burkhart (Yale), and Jane H. Hill (Arizona); it is divided into two parts.
Two readers have suggested that a bibliography be compiled on sources pertaining to Nahua culture, history, linguistics, etc. Martin H. Sable (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) writes in a letter to the editor:
"As a Latin American Bibliographer for over 25 years, I am interested in compiling a bibliography on NAHUATL. Please advise, REPLYING TO MY HOME ADDRESS, whether you are desirous of publishing such a bibliography in the NEWSLETTER, and if so, the length in pages or entries of such a work."
Professor Sable uses the following bibliographic form for books or journal articles:
Author Title Place Publisher Year Pages
"For articles I omit place (if published in USA), but I add volume and issue numbers. This is the clearest, simplest method and best for the reader." Professor Sable indicates that he would be willing to serve as editor of the bibliographic section of the Newsletter, if so desired.
In a similar vein, Alan R. Sandstrom (Indiana University-Purdue University) writes:"I applaud the initiative of Jane Hill and James Taggart in calling [the December 1985] meeting of Nahua specialists. I hope some kind of permanent organization can be created which, along with the newsletter, will promote communication and offer the possibility of joint projects."
"Among other things I was glad to see that suggestions were made to compile a bibliography of Nahua sources. My wife, Pamela Effrein Sandstrom, who is a university librarian, and I have already made a start on just such a project. At this point, we have compiled a microcomputer file of citations to sources found at the Tozzer Library. However, it is a daunting task that would be much better handled by a committee or group of some kind. We would be more than willing to share our work with a group formed from the newsletter membership list if anyone is interested."
It seems clear that there are many benefits to be derived from the compilation of a bibliography on Nahua linguistics, history, contemporary culture, etc. A comprehensive bibliography which lists sources on all aspects of Nahua-speakers, past and present, would also be a significant contribution to the study of Mesoamerica. The editor agrees with Professor Sandstrom that its compilation might best be handled by a group of some kind. Those who have suggestions or comments are asked to place a note in the Newsletter.
1. Campbell, Lyle. 1985 The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Berlin: Mouton.
2. Karttunen, Frances. (Forthcoming) An entry on "Nahuatl Lexicography", for the International Encyclopedia of Lexicography.
3. James Lockhart (UCLA) notes:
"Recently the UCLA Latin American Center initiated a Nahuatl Studies Series under my general editorship to publish texts in Nahuatl or Aztec, the main Indian language of central Mexico, and in time, related monographic studies in history, anthropology, and linguistics as well. The first number has appeared: The Testaments of Culhuacan (281 pp.), edited by S. L. Cline and Miguel León-Portilla. Although modest in appearance, the edition contains reliable, authentic transcriptions and state-of -the-art translations of the largest known homogeneous body of mundane texts in older Nahuatl..."
"Aside from the broad subject matter and consequent huge potential of The Testaments of Culhuacan, their repeating formulas make them excellent practice material for beginning students of the language. The book costs $17.00 plus $1.27 postage, in addition to sales tax for purchasers located in California, and can be ordered from UCLA Latin American Center Publications, Latin American Center, Bunche Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024."
"...A draft of the second number, The Art of Nahuatl Speech: The Bancroft Dialogues, edited with an extensive preliminary study by Frances Karttunen and myself, is complete; it should begin production in summer 1986 and could be available by spring 1987. Transcriptions and translations for a third number, Annals of Puebla and Tlaxcala, edited by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Frances M. Krug, are nearing completion. Materials and willing participants are on hand for many future numbers."
4. Riese, Von Berthold Christoph. 1986. Ethnographische Dokumente aus Neuspanien Im Umfeld der Codex Magliabechi-Gruppe, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag. ISBN 3-515-04023-4.
1. Manlio Barbosa Cano (INAH-Puebla) and other researchers at the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia's Centro Regional Puebla-Tlaxcala are interested in meeting and corresponding with U.S. researchers who will or who have worked with Nahua-speakers in the Sierra Norte de Puebla and the Valle de Puebla-Tlaxcala. One of Professor Barbosa's primary interests is the study of kinship and family. He indicated the possibility of a cooperative investigation by U.S. researchers and several of the Centro's staff regarding the developmental cycle and structure of domestic groups in urban and rural settings in the state of Puebla. Interested readers can write to Profesor Manlio Barbosa Cano, Centro Regional Puebla-Tlaxcala INAH, Fuertes de Loreto y Guadalupe, Puebla, Pue. C.P. 72270.
2. John F. Schwaller (Florida Atlantic University) would appreciate knowing about any collections holding pre-l900 Nahua manuscripts, other than the Library of Congress, University of Texas, UCLA, University of California-Berkeley, Indiana University-Tulane, Newberry Library, Brown, or Thomas Gilcrease Institute.
3. The editor wishes to thank those readers who filled out the Biographical Information Form found in the first Nahua Newsletter. Upon reviewing more than forty such forms, it became apparent that this information would be useful to other Nahua-specialists who wish to know about, correspond, and collaborate with persons who have similar research interests. With this in mind, those readers who have not done so are invited to fill out items 2 and 3 of this issue's Biographical Information Form and to send these forms to the editor. Responses will be published in subsequent issues of the Newsletter in the form of a directory listing a specialist's primary interest in Nahua studies and a brief description of his or her current (last 5 years) scholarly/research activities. Responses will be printed exactly as they appear on the forms.
Those who have previously filled out the Biographical Information Form are free to amend their responses in order to bring them up to date. Those who do not wish to be listed in this directory can notify the editor.
1. Congratulations to John Bierhorst who has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to translate the Codex Chimalpopoca (Annals of Cuauhtitlan and Legend of the Suns).
2. Dumbarton Oaks sponsored (July 1 to September 1, 1986) a Summer Research Seminar entitled "Empire, Province, and Village in Aztec History." Frances F. Berdan (California State University-San Bernardino) researched regional diversity in the Aztec imperial realm, with special attention to tribute and market patterns. Richard Blanton (Purdue University) examined the impact of imperial expansion on conquered provinces, with special emphasis on urban-rural interactions and the manner in which villages link into larger political organizations. Michael E. Smith (Loyola University of Chicago) explored the nature of provincial social organization in Central Mexico and the impact of Aztec conquest on provincial socio-economic patterns. In addition to the core members, Elizabeth Boone, Mary Hodge, and Emily Umberger participated in this seminar.
3. Terrence Kaufman (University of Pittsburgh) spent six weeks in Mexico (23 June - 3 August 1986) working with Huasteca Nahuatl speakers from three towns: Coxcatlán (SLP), Los Ajos (Ver), and Chontla (Ver). He reports that:
"Ca. 600 folk botanical terms were collected and taxonomized for all three towns. Ca. 400 folk zoological terms were collected and taxonomized for Coxcatlán and Chontla. For both Coxcatlán and Chontla considerable additional lexical (ca. 2500 items), inflexional (complete), and derivational (extensive) material was collected. Monologues were tape-recorded from all three towns. The Coxcatlán material has been transcribed and translated and amounts to about 40 pages."
Professor Kaufman plans further work for Coxcatlán. He also hopes to computerize the data collected in 1986 as well as materials collected in 1969, 1979, and 1984. He points out that:
"Prospective field workers on Nahua should consider seriously doing some more extensive work on the Chontla dialect since it is highly conservative both phonologically and morphologically, and the current middle-aged generation already decided not to teach the language to their children, so that this dialect may disappear within 25 years. This is hardly a unique situation, but while Huasteca Nahuatl in general is a very conservative type of Nahua, and accounts for 40% of all speakers of Nahua, Chontla Nahuatl in particular is not viable. Its uniquely conservative traits will soon be lost."
Readers are encouraged to make copies of this newsletter and send them to colleagues not included in this roster. Specialists in several areas appear to be under-represented. For example. Susan D. Gillespie (Illinois State University) comments that she "was somewhat surprised to see so few Aztec period archaeologists on the [Newsletter's mailing] list, as they are making valuable contributions to the understanding of the Aztec people, of both the prehistoric and colonial periods."
Patricia Anawalt
Museum of Cultural History, 55A Haines Hall
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90024
J. Richard Andrews
Department of English
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
Manlio Barbosa Cano
Centro Regional Puebla-Tlaxcala INAH
Fuertes de Loreto y Guadalupe
Puebla, Pue. MEXICO C.P. 72270
Dr. Frances Berdan
Department of Anthropology
California State University
San Bernardino, CA 92407
John Bierhorst
Box 566
West Shokan
NY 12494
Dr. Richard E. Blanton
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Purdue University
Lafayette IN 47907
Dr .Elizabeth H. Boone
Pre-Columbian Studies, Dumbarton Oaks
1703 32nd Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
James Braun
1939 Academy Place
Glendale
California 91206
Sallie Brennan
Department of Anthropology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
Dr. William Bright
Department of Linguistics
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Louise M. Burkhart
Department of Anthropology
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520
Jeff Burnham
Departamento de Humanidades
Universidad de Sonora
Hermosillo, Sonora, MEXICO
Dr .Edward E. Calnek
Department of Anthropology
333 Harkness Hall, University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
Lyle R Campbell
Department of Anthropology
State University of New York
Albany, NY 12222
Dr. R. Joe
Campbell
218 Ridgeview Drive
Bloomington
Indiana 47401
Una Canger
Ulriksdalvej 3
Valby 2500
DENMARK
Prof. Davíd Carrasco
Department of Religious Studies
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
Dr. Pedro Carrasco
Department of Anthropology
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Eustaquio Celestino Solis
Depto. de Etnohistoria, CIESAS
Victoria 75
14000 Tlalpan, Mexico, D.F.
Marie-Noelle Chamoux
13, Rue du Ceriser
Paris
FRANCE 75004
Dr .Garry E. Chick
LBRL, Children's Research Center
51 East Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Susan Clement-Brutto
Centre College
Danville
KY 40422
Professor S.L. Cline
Department of History
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Karen Dakin
Instituto de Investigaciones Filologicas
10 Piso, Torre 11 de Humanidades, UNAM
Mexico, D.F., MEXICO 04510
Daniele Dehouve
32 Rue de A. Briand
Dunkerque
FRANCE 59240
Dr. Charles E. Dibble
Department of Anthropology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Dr. James W. Dow
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Oakland University
Rochester, MI 48063
Dumbarton Oaks
Pre-Columbian Library
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Washington, DC 20007
Dr. William R. Fowler, Jr.
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND 58202
Dr. Judith Friedlander
Division of Social Sciences
State University of New York College
Purchase, NY 10577
Dr. Susan D. Gillespie
Dept of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61761
Dr. Willard Gingerich
Department of English
University of Texas
El Paso, TX 79968
Dr. Thomas L. Grigsby
Department of Anthropology
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
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Calle Fausto Vega Santander
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Xalapa, Veracruz MEXICO
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Department of History
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
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Department of Anthropology
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
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Department of Anthropology
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
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Department of Anthropology
University of Arizona
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Archäologisches Institut, Universität Hamburg
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Richmond
California 94801
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Department of Anthropology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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Department of Anthropology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Dr. Barry L. Isaac
Department of Anthropology
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221
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Calle Paris 241
Mexico D.F.
MEXICO 04100
Dr. Frances Karttunen
Linguistics Research Center
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712
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Department of Anthropology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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New York
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ENCUENTRO, Latin American Institute
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Puerto Rican, Lat Amer. and Carib. Studies
State University of New York
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Department of Anthropology
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI 53201
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Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas
UNlVERSIDAD Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico D.F. 04510
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Centro de lnvestigaciones Historicas
UNAM
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Department of History
University of California
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Department of Anthropology
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Department of Anthropology
University of California
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Department of Anthropology
University of Pittsburgh
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Department of History
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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Department of Anthropology
Wayne State University
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Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Indiana University-Purdue University
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Loyola University of Chicago
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Florida Atlantic University
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Indiana University at Fort Wayne
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