The Aztec Empire

THE AZTEC EMPIRE
Origins
Empire expansionism
Malinalco
Tenayuca Pyramid
Tenochtitlan
Moctezuma
Tepanec Empire
Triple Alliance
Archaeological Sites in Mexico City

ARTICLES
Anawalt, Patricia Rieff. The Emperors' Cloak: Aztec Pomp, Toltec Circumstances, American Antiquity, April 1990
Aveni, Anthony F. and Sharon L. Gibbs. On the Orientation of Precolumbian Buildings in Central Mexico, American Antiquity, October 1976
Charlton, Thomas H. Texcoco Region Archaeology and the Codex Xolotl, American Antiquity, October 1973
Diel, Lori Boornazian. Women and Political Power: The Inclusion and Exclusion of Noblewomen in Aztec Pictorial Histories, Anthropology and Aesthetics, Spring 2005.
Haeberlin, Herman K. Types of Ceramic Art in the Valley of Mexico, American Anthropologist, January-March 1919
Garraty, Christopher P. Aztec Teotihuacan: Political Processes at a Postclassic and Early Colonial City-State in the Basin of Mexico, Latin American Antiquity, December 2006
Gradie, Charlotte M. Discovering the Chichimecas. The Americas, July 1994
Smith, Michael E. The Aztlan Migrations of the Nahuatl Chronicles: Myth or History? Ethnohistory, Summer 1984

ARTIFACTS OF ROYALTY
Tizoc Stone
Stone of Moctezuma I
Coronation Stone of Moctezuma II
Headdress of Moctezuma II
Feathered Shields
Temple Stone

CALENDAR
The Aztec Calendar
Aztec Calendar
Mexica/Aztec Calendar Systems

CLERGY EPIGRAPHERS
Parry, J. H. Juan de Tovar and the History of the Indians, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Aug. 12, 1977

CODICES
Aubin Codex
Borbonicus Codex
Duran Codex
Fejervary-Mayer
Florentine Codex
Mendoza Codex

HUMAN SACRIFICE
Human Sacrifice
New Fire Ceremony

MUSEUM EXHIBITS
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Chicago Field Museum

RELIGION
Deities
    Chac Mools
    Chicomecoatl
    Coatlicue
    Coyolxauhqui
    Ehecatl
    Huitzilopochtli
    Mictlantecuhtli
    Tlaloc
    Tlaltecuhtli
    Tlazoteotl
    Xipe Totec
    Xochipilli
    Xochiquetzal
    Xolotl

SOCIETY
Agriculture
Cochineal
Children
Daily Life
Family
Nobility
Pulque ceremony
Punishment
Schools
Slaves
Trade

SPANISH CONQUEST
Hernan Cortes
Malinche

TEMPLO MAYOR
Templo Mayor

WARFARE
Tribute
Warfare