Tula vs. Teotihuacan

[John F. Schwaller]

> I read somewhere that the original name of Teotihuacan was Tula, and that
> Teotihuacan was the name given to it by the Aztecs. Could this be true?
> and
> how do we know it is true? So what about the "other" Tula???
>

In response to this particular, since Tula (Tollan) was mythic by the time
of the Mexica rise to power, they did not know to what actual place the
name referred, if any.  In point of fact even today we cannot be certain
where/what Tollan truly was (although many serious scholars do associate
it with modern-day Tula, Hidalgo).  As a result, some sources do conflate
Tollan with Teotihuacan.  Whether or not this was universal, wide spread,
customary among the Mexica is also subject to debate.


-- 
John F. Schwaller
President,
SUNY Potsdam
44 Pierrepont Ave.
Potsdam, NY  13676
schwallr at potsdam.edu


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