Archaeological data from excavations carried out in the late 1980s and early 1990s are reported here. This complex of buildings in the historic center of Mexico City, now occupied by the Ministry of Public Education, housed in Colonial times the Convent of the Incarnation and, served as well as the headquarters of the Customs agency. The Incarnation was one of the most prestigious convents in all of New Spain until the dissolution of religious orders. The ex-convent provided important archaeological and historical data, including the burials of crowned nuns and other materials associated with rites of death. In Spanish.

Published by Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico, D.F.), 2006. 245 pp. ISBN: 968-03-0186-9.

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