Foundation for Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. provides research funds and Pre-Columbian educational resources: Images; Grantee Reports; and Mesoamerican Bibliography.

Aztec Calendar. Shows you the current date according to the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar. Gives a reading of the significance of the day and the relevant gods.

The Aztecs/Mexicas The Aztecs/Mexicas were the native American people who dominated northern Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest led by Hernan CORTES in the early 16th century. According to their own legends, they originated from a place called Aztlan, somewhere in north or northwest Mexico. At that time the Aztecs (who referred to themselves as the Mexica or Tenochca) were a small, ...

Ilustrated explanation of the pointer of the Aztec calendar, which functions as an indicator of the first and last days of the 260c and 365c day-count calendars ...

This site documents my trip through the Ancient ruins of Mexico & Guatemala in 2001.

History The term, Aztec, is a startlingly imprecise term to describe the culture that dominated the Valley of Mexico in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Properly speaking, all the Nahua-speaking peoples in the Valley of Mexico were Aztecs, while the culture that dominated the area was a tribe of the Mexica (pronounced me-shee-ka ) called the Tenochca ( te-noch-ka ). At the time of the ...

Bibliography on Aztec History Ricardo J. Salvador George Vaillant published Aztecs of Mexico (Doubleday & Co.) in 1944, and in it he attempted to present a comprehensive history that included cultural, economic, religious and social aspects. As can be expected, this work and many of its interpretations have been superceded by much subsequent scholarship, but it is still useful for its very ...

AZTEC CALENDAR HANDBOOK. A technical manual for the Aztec Calendar and Aztec's perception of God by Dr. Randall C. Jimenez and Richard Graeber. The Aztec Calendar is old. The Aztec Calendar is big. The Aztec Calendar is significant. The Aztec Calendar was dedicated on 1479. The Aztec Calendar is 12 feet in diameter. The Aztec Calendar weighs 25 tons. Understand the AZTEC CALENDAR in 30 ...

The Aztec (Mexica) Empire 1400-1519 The mighty Aztec Empire was a group of American Indian people who ruled in Mexico in the 15th and 16th centuries. The ancestors of the Aztecs migrated for many years before settling in the 13th century in the valley where the empire later existed. By 1325 the Aztec had established the city of Tenochtitlan which became the capital. This very advanced and ...