- Stone of Tizoc
Infobox Artifact
name = Stone of Tizoc
material =
created =1480s
discovered =17 December 1791
location =National Museum of Anthropology ,Mexico City The Stone of Tizoc, Tizoc Stone or Sacrificial Stone is a large, round, carvedAztec stone, rediscovered on17 December 1791 . It is thought to have been a "quauhxicalli ", in which the hearts ofsacrifice s were placed.Around its side are depictions of
Texcatlipoca , a major Aztec god, holding the patron gods of other places by the hair. Aztec glyphs give the name of the conquered place, which may have already been conquered, or is considered divinely ordained to be conquered. One of the figures, however, is identified asTizoc , the Aztec Emperor from1481 to1486 , who is dressed in the costume of the godHuitzilopochtli . This has led to the stone's association with Tizoc.The stone is currently in the
National Museum of Anthropology inMexico City .Bibliography
*cite journal |author=Orzco y Berra, Manuel |year=1877 |title=El cuauhxicalli de Tizoc |journal=Anales del Museo Nacional de México |volume=1 |pages=pp. 3–39 es icon
*cite book |author=Umberger, Emily |year=2008 |chapter=Ethnicity and Other Identities in the Sculptures of Tenochtitlan |title=Ethnic Identity in Nahua Mesoamerica: The View from Archaeology, Art History, Ethnohistory, and Contemporary Ethnography |location=Salt Lake City |publisher=University of Utah Press |pages=pp. 64–104 |isbn=978-0-87480-917-6 |oclc=173182658 en icon
*cite book |author=Wicke, Charles |year=1976 |chapter=Once More Around the Tizoc Stone: A Reconsideration |title=Actas del XLI Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, México, 2 al 7 de septiembre de 1974 |location=Mexico City |publisher=Comisión de Publicación de las Actas y Memorias |pages=vol. 2, pp. 209–222 en iconee also
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Aztec sun stone
*Stone of Motecuzoma I
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