Fernando Berrojalbiz
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Historicas
Neyra Alvarado
El Colegio de San Luis Potosí
The Landscape in Tepiman Village Tradition
This work presents a comparison over time of the concept of space between two traditional Tepiman communities: Papagos and Tepehuanes. From the identification of the domain of different ecosystems, of the mobility that fills the life of these peoples, as well as of the rituals and of the importance of hills, caves, and burial places, we have put in relief common aspects that indicate to us that they belong to the same tradition. This concept of space, owing to the landscape, is determined by mobility within an open and free space, but with references to sacred places, among which stand out the hill associated with the labyrinth. This permits us to understand how memory is tied with places of the desert and with time, uncovering a new form of appropriation of space.
