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Aztec and Aztec Culture Posters, Prints & Charts
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educational posters > social studies > Aztec & Aztec Culture posters < Native Americans
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 The Aztec, who called themselves Mexicas, were a pre-Colombian (referring to eras preceeding the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World) people indigenous to central Mexico. Their culture was similar to other Mesoamerican (roughly an area from central Mexico to Costa Rica) groups such as the Olmec, Teotihuacan and Mayas. These Mesoamerican cultures evolved into complex agricultural and technologically advanced societies who built expansive cities and religious monuments as opposed to the peoples of northern Mexico (Aridoamerica) where climate and terrain forced a nomadic lifestyle.
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Tenochtitlan (Aztec) Poster
by Sergio Cruz
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| BOOKS ABOUT THE MAYA & MAYAN CULTURE |
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| Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire which was made up of the 1428 Triple Alliance of the Itzcoatl, Nezahualcoyotl and Tlacopán. Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, is built over the ruins of Tenochtitlan. |
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The Founding of Tenochtitlan, from the Codex Mendoza made for the Viceroy of New Spain, 16th C, Giclee Print
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| Tenochtitlan was founded on a small swampy island in Lake Texcoco in 1325. The location was chosen when the Mexicas saw an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus with a snake clutched in its talons - it was the fulfillment of a prophecy of where they were to build their new home. |
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Teocalli, the Great Temple at Tenochtitlan, Mexico, Aztec, Giclee Print
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| A "teocalli" is a Mesoamerican stepped pyramid topped by a temple where important religious rituals took place. |
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Mexican Priests Sacrifice Prisoners to Huitzilopochtli at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, Giclee Print
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| Huitzilopochtli, a war and sun god, was the patron of Tenochtitlan. Huitxilopochtli means "Hummingbird of the South." |
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Aztec Cosmos Poster
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| The Aztec sun calendar represents a 365 solar day cycle with a 260 ritual day almanac called a "tonalamatl" that was used for divination by the priests. Together the solar and ritual cycles form a 52 year "century", or Calendar Round. The days are named by a combination of twenty pictorial signs with the numbers 1-13. The Aztec Cosmos calendar show the twenty day signs arrayed around a central face. |
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Detail of "Tonalamatl" Depicting Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca in the Aztec Codex Borbonicus, Giclee Print
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| Quetzalcoatl means "long-green feather" and is the name of Plumed Serpent deity many Mesoamerican cultures claim descended from. |
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Resplendent Quetzal (male) Bearing Food for its Nestlings, Photographic Print
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| The Resplendent Quetzal bird is the source of the precious long green feathers for ritual use. |
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Statue of Coatlicue, Ancient Earth and Mother Goddess, Aztec, 14th-16th Century, Giclee Print
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Montezuma II (Aztec) Receiving Tributes Book IX, Giclee Print
b. c. 1466
d. 1520
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| Montezuma II (Moctezuma) was the ruler of the Aztec Empire, at the beginning of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. He was both a "host" to the Spanish, and their hostage. When he was no longer useful to the Spanish in controlling the displeasure of his subjects to the Spanish presence and demands, the Spanish let the people dispose of their "ruler". Montezuma was succeeded by his brother Cuitláhuac, and then by Cuauhtémoc, his nephew. |
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Cuauhtemoc, Aztec Ruler, Giclee Print
b. c 1502
d. 2-28-1525
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| Cuauhtemoc the last Aztec ruller, and nephew of Montezuma. He was tortured by the Spanish in the belief he could reveal the location of the supposed Aztec gold and finally executed by Cortez for conspiring to uprise against the Spanish invaders. It is thought the Spanish mistook Aztec gold clad wood carvings to be solid gold, and thus were disappointed with the recovered gold and deluded into believing more gold had to be hidden somewhere. |
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Animals of the Aztec Emperor, from an Account of Aztec Life in Central Mexico, Giclee Print
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Aztec Artisans Dyeing Feathers from an Account of Aztec Crafts in Central Mexico, Mid 16th Century, Giclee Print
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The Rabbit in the Moon from a History of the Aztecs and the Conquest of Mexico, Spanish
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Rabbits represent the Aztec god of drunkeness.
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Aztec Man Planting Maize, Written and Illustrated by Bernardino de Sahagun, Spanish, Mid 16th Century, Giclee Print
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Aztec Midwife Administering Herbs to a Woman after Childbirth from an Account of Aztec Crafts, Giclee Print
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