The Sun Stone (or The Calendar Stone) (Aztec)

by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Beth Harris

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The Sun Stone (or The Calendar Stone), Aztec, reign of Moctezuma II (1502-20), discovered in 1790 at the southeastern edge of the Plaza Mayor (Zocalo) in Mexico City, stone (unfinished), 358 cm diameter x 98 cm depth (Museo Nacional de Antropología)

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Cite this page as: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Beth Harris, "The Sun Stone (or The Calendar Stone) (Aztec)," in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, accessed June 27, 2017, https://smarthistory.org/the-sun-stone-the-calendar-stone-aztec/.