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A Coloring Book of Incas, Aztecs and Mayas
A Coloring Book of Incas, Aztecs and Mayas

Aztec Calendar Handbook
Aztec Calendar Handbook



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The Founding of Tenochtitlan, from the Codex Mendoza, Made for the Viceroy of New Spain, 16th C, Giclee Print
The Founding of Tenochtitlan
Giclee Print

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.




Sergio Cruz - Tenochtitlan Poster
Tenochtitlan Poster

Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire which was made up of the 1428 Triple Alliance of the Itzcoatl, Nezahualcoyotl and Tlacopán.

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.

Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, is built over the ruins of Tenochtitlan.


Teocalli, the Great Temple at Tenochtitlan, Mexico, Aztec, Giclee Print
Teocalli, the Great Temple at Tenochtitlan, Mexico, Aztec,
Giclee Print

Mexican Priests Sacrifice Prisoners to Huitzilopochtli at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, Giclee Print
Mexican Priests Sacrifice
Prisoners to Huitzilopochtli at the
Great Temple of Tenochtitlan,
Giclee Print

A “teocalli” is a Mesoamerican stepped pyramid topped by a temple where important religious rituals took place. Huitzilopochtli, a war and sun god, was the patron of Tenochtitlan. Huitxilopochtli means “Hummingbird of the South.”

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Aztec Calendar on Beaten Copper, Mexico City, Mexico, Photographic Print
Aztec Calendar on Beaten Copper, Mexico City, Mexico,
Photographic Print

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. The Aztec Cosmos calendar show the twenty day signs arrayed around a central face.

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.

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Aztec Codex Borbonicus, "Tonalamatl", Detail Depicting Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca, Giclee Print
Aztec Codex Borbonicus, “Tonalamatl”, Detail Depicting Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca,
Giclee Print

Resplendent Quetzal , Giclee Print
Resplendent Quetzal,
Giclee Print

Quetzalcoatl means “long-green feather” and is the name of Plumed Serpent deity from which many Mesoamerican cultures claim descent. The Resplendent Quetzal bird is the source of the precious long green feathers for ritual use.

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Montezuma II (Aztec) Receiving Tributes Book IX, Giclee Print
Montezuma II (Aztec) Receiving Tributes Book IX,
Giclee Print

Montezuma II
b. c. 1466
d. 1520

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.


Cuauhtemoc, Aztec Ruler, Giclee Print
Cuauhtemoc, Aztec Ruler, Giclee Print

Cuauhtemoc
b. c 1502
d. 2-28-1525

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 Hernan Cortes 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.


Animals of the Aztec Emperor, from an Account of Aztec Life in Central Mexico, Giclee Print
Animals of the Aztec Emperor, from an Account of Aztec Life in Central Mexico, Giclee Print

Aztec Artisans Dyeing Feathers from an Account of Aztec Crafts in Central Mexico, Mid 16th Century, Giclee Print
Aztec Artisans Dyeing Feathers from an Account of Aztec Crafts in Central Mexico, Mid 16th Century, Giclee Print

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Statue of Coatlicue, Ancient Earth and Mother Goddess, Aztec, 14th-16th Century, Giclee Print
Statue of Coatlicue, Ancient Earth and Mother Goddess, Aztec, 14th-16th Century, Giclee Print

The Rabbit in the Moon from a History of the Aztecs and the Conquest of Mexico, Spanish
The Rabbit in the Moon from a History
of the Aztecs and the Conquest of Mexico, Giclee Print

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
Aztec Man Planting Maize Written and Illustrated by Bernardino de Sahagun, Spanish, Mid 16th Century, Giclee Print

Aztec Midwife Administering Herbs to a Woman after Childbirth from an Account of Aztec Crafts, Giclee Print
Aztec Midwife Administering Herbs to a Woman after Childbirth from an Account of Aztec Crafts, Giclee Print

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