The Aztec calendar and other solar monuments /
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México, D.F. :
Conaculta-Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia : Grupo Azabache,
2004
México, D.F. : Conaculta-Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia : Grupo Azabache, 2004 México, D.F. : 2004 México, D.F. : c2004 México, D.F. : 2004 |
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Table of Contents:
- The Aztec calendar / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
- Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís, Roberto Velasco Alonso
- The Aztec calendar / Matos, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
- 1. The return of the Gods
- Stones with separate destinies
- The wanderings of the stones
- 2. The creation of these great monoliths and the use they were given
- Place occupied by the monoliths and the festivals to which they were dedicated
- 3. Sun worship among the Mexica
- Buildings, ceremonies and songs in honor of the sun
- 4. And the scholars spoke...
- 5. Petrified time
- The Sun stone
- The centre face
- The Ollin symbol
- Symbols for the twenty days
- Circle of the five
- Elements
- The two Xiuhcóatl or fire serpents
- Night represented on the rim of the stone
- 6. Final thoughts
- Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís, Roberto Alonso
- 1. The Eastern part of the universe of the house of the sun
- Sun worship and its representations
- Blood sacred sustenance of the sun
- 2. The sun in the pre-Hispanic world
- Probable Mayan origin of the solar paraphernalia
- Chichén Itzá and Tula, relationships, influences and the ongoing debate
- The Mexica and sun worship
- 3. representations of the solar disc
- The solar discs in the Aztec world
- Ritual sculptures and vessels
- The nocturnal sun and the death of the sun
- Nahui Ollin, the fifth sun the favorite emblem
- 4. Sacrificial solar monuments
- The Temalácatl
- Temalácatl with crosspiece
- The supreme Temalácatl
- Quadrangular solar altars
- The Téchcatl
- The Cuauhxicalli
- 5. Other solar monuments
- Opposites and complementaries to the sun
- The sun, ruler of time
- Date bundles, victories in the celestial war
- 6. The ball game, mirror of the sky
- Final thoughts
- The Aztec calendar / Matos, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
- 1. The return of the Gods
- Stones with separate destinies
- The wanderings of the stones
- 2. The creation of these great monoliths and the use they were given
- Place occupied by the monoliths and the festivals to which they were dedicated
- 3. Sun worship among the Mexica
- Buildings, ceremonies and songs in honor of the sun
- 4. And the scholars spoke...
- 5. Petrified time
- The Sun stone
- The centre face
- The Ollin symbol
- Symbols for the twenty days
- Circle of the five
- Elements
- The two Xiuhcóatl or fire serpents
- Night represented on the rim of the stone
- 6. Final thoughts
- Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís, Roberto Alonso
- 1. The Eastern part of the universe of the house of the sun
- Sun worship and its representations
- Blood sacred sustenance of the sun
- 2. The sun in the pre-Hispanic world
- Probable Mayan origin of the solar paraphernalia
- Chichén Itzá and Tula, relationships, influences and the ongoing debate
- The Mexica and sun worship
- 3. representations of the solar disc
- The solar discs in the Aztec world
- Ritual sculptures and vessels
- The nocturnal sun and the death of the sun
- Nahui Ollin, the fifth sun the favorite emblem
- 4. Sacrificial solar monuments
- The Temalácatl
- Temalácatl with crosspiece
- The supreme Temalácatl
- Quadrangular solar altars
- The Téchcatl
- The Cuauhxicalli
- 5. Other solar monuments
- Opposites and complementaries to the sun
- The sun, ruler of time
- Date bundles, victories in the celestial war
- 6. The ball game, mirror of the sky
- Final thoughts
- The Aztec calendar / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
- Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís
- The Aztec calendar / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
- Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís
- The Aztec calendar / Matos, Eduardo
- Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís