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The composite image on the right shows a drawing of a simple peasant farmer’s house (from a codex) alongside a reconstructed Aztec house interior in a major Mexican museum. Learn more by clicking on ‘One-room bed-sit’ below...
social mobility wasn’t just possible but encouraged...
(with a spot of yellow)...
[by the Aztecs] when consuming food...’
on their journey to the underworld...
Aztec souls or ‘animistic entities’...
- so they had to work twice as hard...
of an Aztec midwife...’
a good harvest and more praying earlier for abundance
when greeting each other?
and was a good ‘reader of the day signs’
was to scare it with its own reflection...
or you’ll stop growing...!
on chairs - they squatted
had to head home at 6 pm!
was talking about you far away!
Mexica nobles and commoners...
on household Aztec furniture...
was likened to a warrior in a battle
on the Aztec life cycle...
- the Mexica version...
to sell themselves to feed their families...
... to go to the loo at night!
REWARD: a beautiful cape!
in individual Mexica lives...
For the Aztec Girl...
physical strength, moral force
... years old
cactus beetles called cochineal - in huge quantities...
to hide the soft bag under your cape...
and held like darts thrown in battle!
clues to ancient Mexican weddings
the canoe was king
ear-piercing, tongue-piercing or nose-piercing?
‘a cut above the rest...’
- ‘so that their hair shone...’
... Home smoky home!
...they ‘sang with their feet’
- even the Spanish were deeply impressed...
‘giving wisdom to their face’!
the pelican mirrored their fate...
Mmmmmm... vanilla!
... were often linked to clothing
- the Aztecs gave you a sporting chance...
... seriously bad news!
To the Aztecs they were omens as well as pests...
The timeless sound of tortilla-making
... they made a strong case ‘for crying out loud’
... for the Aztecs it was water to water
- goddess of the ‘steamy’ side of life...
... feet handle rough terrain far better
...Yippee!!!
One of the benefits of the agave!
Patolli was an Aztec board game.