Tzoncuicuilco: persistencia de la memoria

Abstract

The space designated as Cuicuilco, in Mexico City, has a long historical sequence resulting from human occupation from the pre-Hispanic period to the present. Based on this, this article proposes the permanence of the name Cuicuilco under the substrate of the collective memory of its altepetl, with respect to the course of congregation that the populations suffered from the establishment of indian towns and the tax contributions established during the New Spain period. Such historical facts are stated in the sources that mention the settlement of pre-Hispanic origin Tezizimpa and the founding of the indian town San Pedro Apostól – Tzoncuicuilco. Through the study of the locative place name Tzoncuicuilco, the importance of the economic activity that was developed regarding the “craft specialization” service, of which it was the object and made payment of taxes in relation to the raw materials available in its environment, will be revealed. This activity was delimited by the viceregal institutions as a government apparatus that established the control guidelines for the administration of resources, population, and territory. The previous proposal aims to contribute to the understanding of some of the cultural processes that permeated until today and gave vitality to the same location for several centuries.