Assignment 15 Mexica Sun Stone PDF

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1. The tongue of the central figure represented an anthropomorphized sacrificial blade. 2. The most common interpretation for the identity of the central face is Tonatiuh, the Sun god. 3. The Sun Stone records the origin of the cosmos as the Aztecs saw it. 4. The title of the era of the 5th Sun is “four-movement.” 5. The 1st era ended death by a jaguar, the second era death by high winds, the third era death by rains of fire, and the 4th era death by water. 6. The fifth era is predicted to end with earthquakes. 7. The fire serpents are associated with time in the solar calendar. 8. Scholars date this object to the reign of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II....