Alex Arcane
@alexarcane.bsky.social
Avid anthropologist,
Wannabe salsa dancer.
Current project: Meso-American Codex Deep Dive
Wannabe salsa dancer.
Current project: Meso-American Codex Deep Dive
His birthday? The day “8 Deer!” Thats how we know his “name.”
I don’t know what exactly this would mean for what people addressed him as when he becomes king, but this name is useful for tracking his deeds in these documents.
I don’t know what exactly this would mean for what people addressed him as when he becomes king, but this name is useful for tracking his deeds in these documents.
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
His birthday? The day “8 Deer!” Thats how we know his “name.”
I don’t know what exactly this would mean for what people addressed him as when he becomes king, but this name is useful for tracking his deeds in these documents.
I don’t know what exactly this would mean for what people addressed him as when he becomes king, but this name is useful for tracking his deeds in these documents.
We see a complex glyph with an “A” shape, and a cane motif. This has a chain of 10 beads + 2 beads attached to it. This is read as the symbol for years, making this as the year “12 Cane,” in the traditional dating system. In the context of this page, we understand this is the year he was born.
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We see a complex glyph with an “A” shape, and a cane motif. This has a chain of 10 beads + 2 beads attached to it. This is read as the symbol for years, making this as the year “12 Cane,” in the traditional dating system. In the context of this page, we understand this is the year he was born.
Take the Codex Zouche-Nuttall, named after Rockstar Mexican-American archaeologist Zelie Nuttall, and Baron Zouche, who held it in a private collection. It’s better to know it as “Codex Tonindeye” a Mixtec name that means something like “Chronicle” which describes what the text is.
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Take the Codex Zouche-Nuttall, named after Rockstar Mexican-American archaeologist Zelie Nuttall, and Baron Zouche, who held it in a private collection. It’s better to know it as “Codex Tonindeye” a Mixtec name that means something like “Chronicle” which describes what the text is.