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Tlalcuahuitl [t͡ɬaɬˈkʷawit͡ɬ] or land rod [1] also known as a cuahuitl [ˈkʷawit͡ɬ] was an Aztec unit of measuring distance that was approximately 2.5 m (8.2 ft), [2] 6 ft (1.8 m) to 8 ft (2.4 m) [3] or 7.5 ft (2.3 m) long. [3] The abbreviation used for tlalcuahuitl is (T) and the unit square of a tlalcuahuitl is (T²). [1]
Aztec hierarchy by this understanding was not of the type "where a unit of one type – the capital – controls subordinate units of another type" [8] but instead a type where the main unit is composed out of several constituent parts.
In Aztec mythology, the Thirteen Heavens were formed out of Cipactli's head when the gods made creation out of its body, whereas Tlaltícpac, the earth, was made from its center and the nine levels of the underworld from its tail.
Portrait of Acamapichtli, the first Aztec King. Ruling positions were not hereditary, but preference was given to those in the "royal families." Originally pipiltin status was not hereditary, but as the sons of pillis had access to better resources and education it was easier for them to become pillis. Later, the class system took on hereditary ...
The Aztecs [a] (/ ˈ æ z t ɛ k s / AZ-teks) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
The Aztec form of writing is largely pictorial and was a semasiographic system, meaning writing existed separately from spoken word. [5] The glyphs were recognizable to their meaning, and members of the population would understand what day it was and their current position in time. [ 5 ]
The Aztec or Mexica calendar is the calendrical system used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central Mexico. It is one of the Mesoamerican calendars, sharing the basic structure of calendars from throughout the region. The Aztec sun stone depicts calendrical symbols on its inner ring but did not function as an actual ...
In common with other Mesoamerican cultures the Aztecs also used a separate 260-day calendar (Classical Nahuatl: tonalpōhualli). The Maya equivalent of the tonalpōhualli is the tzolk'in . Together, these calendars would coincide once every 52 years, the so-called " calendar round ," which was initiated by a New Fire ceremony .