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Dogs in Mesoamerica of various sorts are known to have existed in prehispanic times as shown by archaeological and iconographical sources, and the testimonies of the 16th-century Spaniards. In the Central Mexican area, there were three breeds: the medium-sized furred dog ( itzcuintli ), the medium-sized hairless dog ( xoloitzcuintli ), and the ...
The Aztec day sign Itzcuintli (dog) from the Codex Laud. Dogs have occupied a powerful place in Mesoamerican folklore and myth since at least the Classic Period right through to modern times. [1] A common belief across the Mesoamerican region is that a dog carries the newly deceased across a body of water in the afterlife.
Cummins, Bryan D. (2003), Colonel Richardson's Airedales: The Making of the British War Dog School, 1900-1918, Dog Training Press, ISBN 978-1-55059-248-1; Derr, Mark (2013), A Dog's History of America: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent, The Overlook Press, ISBN 978-1-4683-0910-2
Mesoamerica and its cultural areas. Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to the Pacific coast of Central America, thus comprising the lands of central and southern Mexico, all of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf.Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from an extinct population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers.
Bloodletting in Mesoamerica; Dogs in Mesoamerica. Dogs in Mesoamerican folklore and myth; Human trophy taking in Mesoamerica; Jade use in Mesoamerica; Jaguars in Mesoamerican cultures; Metallurgy in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica; Mirrors in Mesoamerican culture; Obsidian use in Mesoamerica; Trepanation in Mesoamerica; Mesoamerican languages ...
The most famous of these dogs of war was a mascot of Ponce de Leon called Becerrillo, the first European dog known to reach North America; [citation needed] another famous dog called Leoncico, the son of Becerillo, and the first European dog known to see the Pacific Ocean, was a mascot of Vasco Núñez de Balboa and accompanied him on several ...
Some researchers have attempted to identify Chicomoztoc with a specific geographic location, likely between 60 and 180 miles northeast of the Valley of Mexico including perhaps a height near the present-day town of San Isidro Culhuacan. [2] The purported existence of actual caves plays a role in New Age Mayanism.