Mesoamerican ceremonial

Also called Mexica ceremonial music, Maya ceremonial music

Court and temple sound of Mesoamerica: slit drum (teponaztli), upright skin drum (huehuetl), flute, conch, and named song, known from instruments, images, and early colonial texts. This is a Mesoamerican seed. Empty extra Received/Given is historically checked. It is not Andean ceremonial, not Pueblo ceremonial song, and not a leftover “Americas” bin. Mexica and Maya leftover as one ceremonial job, not identical playlists. Europe leftover as a refused parent. Southwest contact leftover as objects, not a hop onto Pueblo ceremonial song. Conchero and Aztec-dance revival leftover as later reconstruction, not a phonograph of Tenochtitlan. Mariachi leftover as a Spain-and-Mexico school, not a child of lost temple tunes.