Just how advanced were the Maya?
Read our report on the 3rd London Nahuatl Study Day
The Aztecs were skilled users of shell in making mosaics
Maya connections at Bristol City Museum
The rare remains of an Aztec waistcoat
Visit the only royal chocolate kitchen in Britain
Studying the surface of codices is a bit like s the surface of the moon
Cacao use among the Pre-Hispanic Maya
Where to turn for good introductions to Mexica writing
Personified knives dressed as Mexica gods
How spies brought chocolate secrets to England...
To be moral was to follow the example of your ancestors
Read a lovely story about Aztec companion spirits
Bringing the ancient Maya ballgame to life
The encounter of Spanish and Nahuatl languages
The ancient art of spear throwing in Mexico
Amaizing - the story of maize in Mexico
Aztec furniture was pretty minimalist...
Were Aztec laments mere cries of anguish?
What if the Aztecs had defeated the Spanish?
General Aztecs Maya Tocuaro Kids Contact 26 Feb 2020/1 House
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Introduction
Aztec advances (9): nixtamalization of corn
Aztec advances (8): tartar removal
Aztec advances (7): sweat lodge
Aztec advances (6): anaesthetics
Aztec advances (5): treating bone fractures
Aztec advances (4): treating arthritic pain
‘Obsidian medicine’
Aztec advances (3): diet: blue-green algae
Aztec advances (2): dentistry
Aztec advances (1): anatomical knowledge
Health Profiles: Aztec Warrior v Spanish Conquistador
Mexican herbal medicines
Herbal Medicine, Aztec Style
Aztec Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Part 1
Where Aztecs Meet Scientists
Plants used for reproductive health among the modern-day Nahua
Las enfermedades mentales son enfermedades del corazón
UK/further resources on Aztec medicine
Aztec/Mexica traditional steam bath or ‘temazcal’

UK/further resources on Aztec medicine

Here are one or two little known sources of further information on Aztec/Mexica health and medicine, both UK-based and international; in English and Spanish...

Network for Indigenous Mexican Studies at Sheffield University
Network of practitioners of traditional Mexica healers in the UK
Read ‘An Aztec Herbal: The Classic Codex of 1552’ by William Gates, online
‘Megadrought and Megadeath in 16th Century Mexico’
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