Resumen
A finales del periodo Clásico (550-600/650 dC) se construyeron islotes en la zona pantanosa de la antigua ciénaga de Chignahuapan, ahora cabecera municipal de Santa Cruz Atizapan, estado de México, y su ocupación alcanzó apogeo durante el Epiclásico (700-900 dC). Los grupos humanos que habitaron esos islotes desarrollaron un complejo vínculo indisoluble con el entorno lacustre. La vida de aquellos isleños pendía, en efecto, de un equilibrio frágil y delicado que les permitía un modo particular de interrelación con su ciénaga. Las exploraciones arqueológicas realizadas recientemente en uno de los islotes del sitio han arrojado una serie de datos que permiten adentrarnos en la vida isleña, en la cual el ritual lacustre tuvo una preponderancia insospechable. Uno de los testimonios que refiere esa importancia es el entierro de una joven muerta durante el parto, descubierta en el año 2000. El presente artículo gira en torno a dicho entierro que, por un lado, presenta características únicas dentro de los entierros localizados en este islote y, por otro, manifiesta una profunda implicación con el ritual relacionado con lo acuático y lacustre.
At around the Terminal Classic (550-600/650 AD), many man-made islands were constructed at the lakeshore of the Chignahuapan Marsh, Upper Lerma Basin, located in the present town named Santa Cruz Atizapan, state of México. The construction of these small islands reached to its apogee during the subsequent Epi-Classic Period (700-900 AD). The island inhabitants developed a complex mode of life based on a tight relationship with their lacustrian surroundings. In effect, the life of these islanders was pending to a fragile and delicate equilibrium and positive interaction with the lacustrain conditions, which were necessary to their survival as human group. Recent archaeological explorations conducted on one of these islands of the site unearthed many important data that revealed the core aspects of this particular life mode, in which aquatic and lacustrian rituals had an undeniable importance. One of the evidences referring to this is a burial of a young woman excavated in the year 2000 who, apparently, died during the childbirth. This article concerns with the above mentioned burial which presents unique characteristics of nearly 60 burials excavated in this artificial island, as well as strong implication of the aquatic rituals.