Coyolxauhqui Stone

Coyolxauhqui Stone
Coyolxauhqui Stone
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Discovered February 21, 1978 at the Templo Mayor site

The Coyolxauhqui Stone is a carved, circular Aztec stone, depicting the mythical being Coyolxauhqui dismembered and decapitated. It was rediscovered in 1978 at the site of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, now in Mexico City.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ See chapter "Art and Imperial Strategy in Tenochtitlan" by Emily Umberger, in Berdan et al. (1996, pp.85–108) and in particular pp.94–95.

References

Richard E. Blanton, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Mary G. Hodge, Michael E. Smith, and Emily Umberger (1996). Aztec Imperial Strategies. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. ISBN 0-88402-211-0. OCLC 27035231. 
Matos Moctezuma, Eduardo (March 2008). "La vida y carrera de Eduardo Matos Moctezuma: Autobiografía" (PDF online reproduction). Ancient Mesoamerica (London and New York: Cambridge University Press) 19 (1): 3–11. doi:10.1017/S0956536108000242. ISSN 0956-5361. OCLC 21544811. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=1860848.  (Spanish)



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