Arteplumaria - the Mexican art of feather painting
Did you know that one of the highest, most elegant and sumptuous arts of pre-Conquest Mexico was arteplumaria, the art of feather painting? Used to decorate headdresses, standards, staffs, lances,...
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The Peoples of Mexico
Mexico is a country of colour, diversity, grand differences in geography, climate and perspective.
The same is true of her people. From the mysterious origins and fates of her earliest inhabitants; th...
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The Post Classic Period ( 900 - 1521 ) Part 2: The Aztecs
By the 13th century the entire region, then called the Valley of Anahuac, was occupied by assorted rival city-states. Among the last to arrive on the scene was the nomadic tribe of the Mexica (pronounc...
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Mesoamerican religious concepts: Aztec symbolism, part III
The Aztec Calendar Stone is one of the most important monumental works of art left to us by the Aztecs. Since its discovery in what is now the main zocalo of Mexico City, it has been studied in minute ...
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Aztec, Mexica, or Alien?
Are you an illegal alien? If you are white and of European ancestry, however remote, the California-based Mexica Movement says that you have no right to be on this continent. These people, who call the...
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Aztec Sunstone or Aztec Calendar, Mexico
Aztec calendar stone
Related articles and Links: Ancient History of Mexico Mexica/Aztec Calendar Systems - Dale Hoyte Palfrey (detailed explanation of the symbols) Mysteries of the Fifth Sun - Dale...
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Mesoamerican Religions and Multiverses: Part Two
It is generally assumed that the idea of other universes is the unique product of "post-modern" thinking based on the Theory of Relativity and quantum mechanics. But the ancient Aztecs and Maya probabl...
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