A small insect from which the carmine red color is extracted, which was equally valuable as gold in preHispanic times. Called nocheztli or blood of the prickly pear. Here, we explain part of its history.

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Sources consulted:

*Mexican Archaeology, special edition no. 86.
*Codex of the cochineal or relation of the places. Miguel Ángel Ruz Barrio, Roberto García Moris.
*Cochineal in the painting of preHispanic and colonial codices. Davide Domenici, Chiara Grazia,
David Buti, Aldo Romani, Costanza Miliani, and Antonio Sgamellotti.
*Oaxaca: historical geography of Cochineal. Atlántida CollHurtado.
*Dye workshop for wool. Gladys Tavera de Telles.

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