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Hace 5 días · Warwick Bray takes us through the Aztecs’ maize farming year:-. Pic 3: An Aztec farmer plants maize/corn; Florentine Codex, Book IV (Click on image to enlarge) Planting took place from March to early May, late enough to avoid the winter frosts but in time to catch the rains which normally began in May and reached a climax in July and August.
Hace 3 días · Mexicolore replies: ‘The Tepetlaoztoc codex is post-Spanish invasion, although probably no later than 1550 because the way of representing water is in the indigenous style. There is no evidence that indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica applied their knowledge of rotational movement to make waterwheels’ (Prof. Javier Urcid).
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Hace 5 días · Syncretism: Aztec Christians. We are indebted to Jaime Lara, Senior Research Professor, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University, Phoenix (USA), for this most enlightening article, specially written for us, on the coming together of two very different religious traditions in ...
Hace 4 días · d) Making the clay mold. Step 1: a semi-liquid mixture of coal dust (50%) and clay (50%) was applied to the surface of the finished wax designs. Step 2: a semi-solid mix of the same composition was applied on top to form the mold. Step 3: the molds were left to dry for two to four days.
Hace 3 días · Pic 1: The fate of an Aztec ‘bathed slave’ on feast day 1-Death: ‘And it was said: “He will die sacrificed as a war captive. They will cook him in an olla and eat him”’; Florentine Codex Book IV (Click on image to enlarge) Ritual cannibalism – the eating of human flesh and bones for religious purposes – was an age-old tradition ...
Hace 5 días · Encounters* Countdown (2): our guide to the quincentennial of the Spanish invasion of Mexico... This is the second part of our month-by-month itinerary commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Spanish-Aztec War, in partnership with Professor Matthew Restall (on our Panel of Experts), closely following the timeline published in his highly recommended book When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True ...
