Coyolxauhqui Monolith, c. 1500, volcanic stone, Aztec, found at Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, excavated 1978 (Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City)
Key terms and concepts:
- Mexica (Aztecs)
- Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan
- Huitzilopochtli
- gender messages
- mythology and myth of Coatepec (Snake Mountain)
- Panquetzaliztli and monthly feasts/rituals
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