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Writing and hand drawings of rectangle with dots and red and blue symbol. Red rectangular box with dots

Pictographic representation of an earthquake that took place in 1460 or the year 7 Knives (Nahautl calendar) with accompanying translation in Telleriano Remensis. The earthquake symbol is represented by the combination of two symbols: ollin (bow-shaped, meaning movement) embedded with tlalli (dotted, layered box, meaning Earth). Reproductions from the original by Raimundo Garcia Alvarez. Credit: Suarez and Garcia-Acosta (2021)

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