. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. THE AZTECS 219 bolic of the founding of Tenoclititlan. Other sculp- tures adorn the sides, the top, and the bottom of the stone. Stone of Tizoc. The Sacrificial Stone or Stone of Tizoc is believed to have been carved by order of Tizoc, the war chief who ruled from 1482-1486, as a memorial offering to Mexican arms on the comple- tion of the great temple to the Mexican God of War. The stone was a quauhxicalli, or "eagle ; This name was given to large bowls which were used to hold
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. THE AZTECS 219 bolic of the founding of Tenoclititlan. Other sculp- tures adorn the sides, the top, and the bottom of the stone. Stone of Tizoc. The Sacrificial Stone or Stone of Tizoc is believed to have been carved by order of Tizoc, the war chief who ruled from 1482-1486, as a memorial offering to Mexican arms on the comple- tion of the great temple to the Mexican God of War. The stone was a quauhxicalli, or "eagle ; This name was given to large bowls which were used to hold the blood and the heart of human victims sacri- ficed to the gods. The same name was ex- tended to the large drum-shaped stone, under consideration, which has a pit in the center and a sort of canal running from the center to one side which may have been intended to drain off the blood. Hu- man sacrifice actually took place on this stone but it is pretty certain that it was not one of the temala- catl or "gladiator stones" on which were staged mortal combats as ceremonies. According to de- scription the gladiator stones were pierced by a hole in the center so that one or more captives could be bound fast by a rope. On the top of the Stone of Tizoc is a representa-. a. b Fig. 71. Details from the Stone of Tizoe: a, Huitzilopochtli, Aztec War God; b, Figures repre- senting a captured town; c, Name of the captured town (Tuxpan, place of the rabbit).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967. New York : American Museum of Natural History
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