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Amate

Amate (Spanish: amate from Nahuatl languages: āmatl ) is a type of bark paper that has been manufactured in Mexico since precontact times. It was used primarily to create Mayan and Aztec codices.

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True paper

History

San Pablito

Ritual use

Amate products

Manufacture

Ecological concerns

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Amate

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Edges128
Triples343
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015504
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related to References · 40
Amate → Ancient Mesoamerica, Ancient Mexico, Benz, Bruce, CoRosaura Citlalli López Binnqüist, Docket, Enschede, Exploring, Fibers, Hudson, Huitzilapa Shaft Tomb, ISBN, Jalisco, Jorge Ramos, Karl Taube, Kurlansky, London, Lorenza Lopez Mestas, Mark, Mary
related to Amate products · 26
Amate → Although, Because, Guadalajara, Guerrero, However, Internet, It, Judas, Mexican, Mexico, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey, Much, Nahua, Oaxaca, Otomi, Prior, Puebla, Spanish
related to Manufacture · 25
Amate → After, All, Bark, Citrus, Ficus, From, Heliocarpos, Hispanic, Honey, However, It, Morus, Outer, Primary, San Pablito, Some, The, These, This, Tlaxcala
related to Colonial period to 20th century · 24
Amate → After, Anglería, Antonio, Bernardino, Catholicism, Codex Florentino, Codex La Cruz Badiano, Codex Sierra, Conquest, European, However, It, Mendoza, Only, Pedro Mártir, Sahagún, Some, Spaniard's, Spanish, The
related to San Pablito · 24
Amate → About, Before, Brujo, Cerro, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Hispanic, However, In, It, Nahua, One, Otomi, Pahuatlán, Paper, Puebla, San Pablito, Sierra Norte, The, These
related to Pre-Hispanic period · 21
Amate → CE, China, Coe, Egypt, Ficus, For, Grolier Codex, Huitzilapa, Iconography, It, Jalisco, Magdalena, Mesoamerica, Michael, Monument, Olmec, Rather, San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, Tequila Volcano, The
related to Ritual use · 21
Amate → Bad, Catholic, Chicontepec, Dark, Female, Figures, However, In, In Chicontepec, In San Pablito, Light, Most, One, Ritual, San Pablito, Some, Texcatepec, The, There, Those
related to True paper · 17
Amate → After, Aztec, Aztec Empire, Aztecs, Codex Mendoza, It, Like, Maya, Mesoamerican, Mexico, Spanish, Spanish Conquest, The Aztec, The Maya, The Otomi, The Toltecs, There
related to Further reading · 15
Amate → Amate Papers, Codex Espangliensis, Cultural Heritage, From Mesoamerican Codices, Jackson, Journal, Manuscripts, November, Number, Rare Book Libraries, Rare Books, RBM, Remy, Special Collections Departments, Twentieth-Century Otomí Artists’ Books
related to Later 20th century to the present · 15
Amate → But, By, Chicontepec, However, It, Mexico City, Nahua, One, Otomi, Puebla, San Pablito, The, This, Veracruz, What

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paper bark otomi nahua made used cut san also ritual mexico production puebla pablito making however indigenous spanish well use

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Mexico Cityinstance ofOtomi craftspeople began selling it in cities0.80text
where the paper was revived by Nahua painters in Guerrero to createinstance ofOtomi craftspeople began selling it in cities0.80text
elaborate cut-outsinstance ofbut Otomi paper makers have also received attention not only for the paper itself but for crafts made with it0.80text
the Codex Mendozainstance ofthe Aztecs began using paper imported by the Spanish for works0.80text
inventoriesinstance ofespecially in the production of chronicles and the keeping of records0.80text
accountinginstance ofespecially in the production of chronicles and the keeping of records0.80text
incenseinstance ofpaper also had a sacred aspect and was used in rituals along with other items0.80text
copalinstance ofpaper also had a sacred aspect and was used in rituals along with other items0.80text
maguey thornsinstance ofpaper also had a sacred aspect and was used in rituals along with other items0.80text
rubberinstance ofpaper also had a sacred aspect and was used in rituals along with other items0.80text
flagsinstance ofPaper items0.80text
skeletonsinstance ofPaper items0.80text

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