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General Aztecs Tocuaro Kids Contact 8 Feb 2010/10 Reed
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Some little known facts about the Aztecs/Mexica you might find interesting.

We’re adding continuously to these pages (last updated February 2010) - all suggestions welcome!

Name your style - the Mexica wore it!There are 5 basic ways to design clothes

- and the Mexica wore them all...

Gold dustEach bowl of gold dust tribute had to fill

‘the hollow of both hands placed together’

See you later, Alligator...See you later Alligator!

- death was a final homecoming...

The daily grind...Was every woman’s day in Aztec times

just one long GRIND...?

Mum and DadMum and Dad

protect you like a cypress tree...

Smoke signals - an Aztec archaeologist's best clueSmoke signals gave the game away

to something precious underneath...

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli - The god with the longest name?Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli

- The god with the longest name?

A nose plug fit for a water goddessA nose plug

fit for a water goddess

Potty about potsDid the modern piñata...

... evolve from Aztec rain-god pots?

Get a grip!I can’t ‘handle’ life on my own...

... I just need to get a grip!

Ear, ear...For the Aztecs if you’d ‘made it’ in life...

... you were compared to a ripe ear of corn

Swingalong...No time for leisure?

Ancient Mexican life had a real swing to it...

Super-fertile 'floating gardens'!Strictly they didn’t float...

... and they were rich enough to feed thousands of Aztecs

Who were the Mexica?How come a heron...

... was a special symbol for the Aztecs?

A people’s bed1 petate .. 2 petate .. 3 petate

The Aztecs slept fitfully...

Just 'toying' with wheels?The wheel -

Did the Aztecs just ‘toy’ with the idea?

Nahual or daemon?Dark materials indeed

Where did Phillip Pullman get his ‘daemon’ idea from?

Aztecs had Herbal RemediesThe Aztec recipe for hiccups...

... was used in Europe for 200 years

Meals on sandals ...Ultrarunning

Fresh fish from the coast daily ... on foot!

A Dog's (for) Dinner...Guide dogs -

- for all?

A Rabbit in the Moon?Because of its lunar connections...

... the rabbit was an important day and year-bearer sign

Ultimate headgearThe ultimate in headwear...

... but isn’t the original in the wrong place?

The World's Healthiest SuperfoodSuperfood

Did the Aztecs eat nutritious green goo?

Oh balls!Playing ‘ullamaliztli’...

... required an awful lot of balls!

Did the Aztecs invent the sauna?The Aztecs gave themselves...

... a healthy thwacking!

Give yourself an Aztec life check!Aztec life check

Do you give as much as you receive?