Tlaloc vessel, c. 1440-70, found Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, ceramic (Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City)
Terms and key ideas
- the importance of Tlaloc in Mexica culture
- the color known as Maya blue
- Tlaloc’s basic iconography and connection to water
- offerings associated with the Templo Mayor
Smarthistory images for teaching and learning:
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Additional resources:
Tenochtitlan: Templo Mayor on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Aztecs and the making of colonial Mexico (from the Newberry Library)
