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)
Terms and key concepts
- polychromy
- Mexica (or Aztec) understanding of the creation of the cosmos
- Tonatiuh?
- Nahui-Ollin
- Mesoamerican calendar
- Tenochtitlan
- glyphs
Additional resources
The Sun Stone on Google Arts and Culture