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The Aztec calendar and other solar monuments
- Title
- The Aztec calendar and other solar monuments / Eduardo Matos, Felipe Solís.
- Author
- Matos Moctezuma, Eduardo
- Publication
- México, D.F. : Conaculta-Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia : Grupo Azabache, 2004.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Solís Olguín, Felipe R.
- Description
- 164 p. : col. ill.; 31 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Aztec calendar
- Monuments of sun worship.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-154).
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JGG 06-35
- ISBN
- 9680300323 (INAH)
- 9706780092 (AZABACHE)
- LCCN
- 9789706780096
- OCLC
- 57716237
- Author
- Matos Moctezuma, Eduardo.
- Title
- The Aztec calendar and other solar monuments / Eduardo Matos, Felipe Solís.
- Imprint
- México, D.F. : Conaculta-Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia : Grupo Azabache, 2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-154).
- Added Author
- Solís Olguín, Felipe R. Monuments of sun worship.
- Added Title
- Monuments of sun worship.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9789706780096
- Research Call Number
- JGG 06-35