: As she climbed, the landscape transformed. Broda’s work suggests that by performing ceremonies at specific alignments, humans "culturally transform" the natural world. At a hidden shrine, Itzel performed the Atlcahualo ritual, observing how the sun aligned perfectly with the Templo Mayor far below in Tenochtitlan.

: She explores how ceremonial centers were often aligned with astronomical events, serving as physical manifestations of the cosmovision. Synthesis of Nature and Society