The Piedra de Tízoc, a stunning piece in Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, was found in 1790 under the Plaza de Constitución.

This big piece, 93 cm tall, 2.65 meters diameter, and circumference of 8.31 meters, announces the power of the Aztec-Mexica people. Overall, it’s a representation of the “order of the cosmos” that the Aztec-Mexica people brought to Central Mexico – similar to the “order” that Rome “brought” to the Mediterranean world.

The side of the wheel is covered in rich relief carvings that depict 14 Aztec warriors taking captive the gods of other conquered civilizations, which explains some of the repeated elements in the stunning relief-carved frieze.*

The glyphs describe the names of the various cities-civilizations conquored by the Aztecs, so the Stone of Tízoc represents the Aztec domination of central Mexico, glorifying the order that their Empire brought to the cosmos.

Overall, the stone is thought to represent the Aztec Empire’s cosmos, as the top surface has an 8 pointed sun-disk. Each of the 8 rays represents the four cardinal & inter-cardinal directions. Next, the upper edge of the outer ring has a band of stars representing the heavens, while the lower edge has a double row of pointed vertical blades which represent the earth. This lower band also has four masks depicting the Aztec earth deity, each placed at one of the four cardinal points.

*The warriors, all face to the right, therefore, moving counter-clockwise around the stone, are grasping the gods by their hair, represent capture & submission in meso-American art.

The stone also depicts the Aztec God Tízoc with a large headdress, along with the Aztec gods Huitzilopochtli and Tezcatlipoca, in their full ceremonial regalia.

This stunning piece resides in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.


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