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Aztlán (Topical Term)

Number of records used in: 1

Preferred form: Aztlán

Used for/see from:

Chicomostoc
Chicomoztoc
Lugar de las Siete Cuevas
Place of the Herons
Place of the Seven Caves

See also:

Broader heading: Aztec mythology
Broader heading: Aztecs Origin
Broader heading: Geographical myths
Broader heading: Mexican Americans Ethnic identity

Notes

Work cat.: Aztlán, c1989.

Grandjeat, Y. Aztlán, terre volée, terre promise, 1989.

Dicc. encic. de Mexico: v. 2, p. 758.

Americana, 1990: v. 2, p. 894.

Here are entered works on the mythical or prehistoric homelands of the Aztecs, generally considered to be located in northern Mexico or those parts of the Southwestern United States that were historically owned by Mexico. The term is also used as a symbol of the ethnic identity and political consciousness of Mexican-Americans.