PLUS: mini-features on intriguing artefacts (mostly in museums) we think you may find interesting... AND: check out our artefact study pages, each linked to a downloadable activity sheet (see menu, right).
perfect water bottles!
Maya Circle of Friends’ figure?
their preferred ‘Desert Island Artefact’...
from ancient Mesoamerican merchants’ staffs
Mexica artefacts have been found in Mexico City
for over 3,000 years in Mesoamerica
defense against invading dirt and disorder’
were used by the Aztecs and the Maya
Report on a one-day symposium in London
weapons in the history of Mesoamerica
shaped obsidian jar from Texcoco...
Aztec slaves were released from their collars
history, archaeology and campaigning...
of Mexica/Aztec art...
of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican featherwork?
into making this famous Aztec shield?
that were victims of ‘mistaken identity’...
is with power....’
of a Mexica priest’s waistcoat...
is striking, powerful, and entirely unparalleled
just 7 blocks from the Zócalo...
think a molinillo is for...!
rich aroma as well as light!
‘smoking’ obsidian mirrors
of the family treasure chest
of the sacred precinct of Tenochtitlan
‘monster’ metate which we’ve been allowed to see
were hand modelled...
was a truly ancient hunting weapon
- what a lotta pottery!
a heavy LOAD of responsibility...
take generations to ‘season’
- you could bet your life on it...
The upright digging stick
- at the very centre of Aztec life
high-chairs for meal times?
the most precious artefact of all - a young baby...
- the Aztecs’ Broadsword
was in some contexts a sacred instrument
Nip up a gum tree and discover the original Aztec recipe...
- basic kit for Aztec DJs!
Up the Chewing Gum Tree!
ancient peoples used it to seal and stick
Aztec shields - status symbols par excellence
The ‘Queen’ of Aztec sacred drums ...
One of the most ancient of Aztec artefacts
Venus -
...for over 800 years!
multi-ethnic ancient Mexico?
play marbles, or jacks?
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Snake sculpture, stone, Mexica (Aztec), c.1350-1521 CE, height 34 cms., width 23 cms., Museum am Rothenbaum, Hamburg.
Snake sculptures were omnipresent in the Templo Mayor. They were placed in every imaginable place to commemorate Coatepec, the ‘Snake Mountain’, and birthplace of Huitzilopochtli.
From Aztecs, eds. Doris Kurella, Martin Berger and Inés de Castro, with INAH, Mexico - catalogue for the exhibition Azteken, Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Hirmer Publishers, Germany, 2019, p. 336.
Photo by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore.