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Great Temple Enclosure of Tenochtitlan

Great Temple Enclosure of Tenochtitlan

by Alfred Percival Maudslay

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Author
Maudslay, Alfred Percival, 1850-1931
Title
A note on the position and extent of the great temple enclosure of Tenochtitlan, and the position, structure and orientation of the Teocolli of Huitzilopochtli.
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis,1912.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F1201: North America local history: Mexico
Subject
Huitzilopochtli (Aztec deity)
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 68502
Release Date
July 11, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A NOTE ON THE POSITION AND EXTENT OF THE GREAT TEMPLE ENCLOSURE OF TENOCHTITLAN, AND THE POSITION, STRUCTURE AND ORIENTATION OF THE TEOCOLLI OF HUITZILOPOCHTLI.
  2. 2.A NOTE ON THE POSITION AND EXTENT OF THE GREAT TEMPLE ENCLOSURE OF TENOCHTITLAN AND THE POSITION, STRUCTURE, AND ORIENTATION OF THE TEOCALLI OF HUITZILOPOCHTLI. BY ALFRED P. MAUDSLAY. — THE TEMPLE ENCLOSURE. — The Temple of Tezcatlipoca. (Tracing A 2 .) — The Palace of Axayacatl. (Tracing A 2 .) — THE GREAT TEOCALLI OF HUITZILOPOCHTLI. — Orientation of the Great Teocalli. — The Stairway. — The sides and back of the Teocalli were in the form of great steps. — The Oratories of Huitzilopochtli and Thaloc . — Recent Excavations. — Account of the Buildings of the Great Temple of Mexico.

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