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Aztec: Archaeological Finds

Updated: Sep 13

*Not all items labeled Aztec are correct, particularly those in New Mexico. Not all items on this list have been vetted. Please contact me if you think an item has been included in error.

 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS FROM THE AZTEC NEW FIRE CEREMONY

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536101122078 Elson, Christina M and Michael E Smith

 

At Home with the Aztecs: An Archaeologist Uncovers Their Daily Life Smith, Michael

Book

 

Aztec craft production and specialization: Archaeological evidence from the city‐state of Otumba, Mexico Charlton, Thomas H et al

https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1991.9980161

 

Aztec Knotted and Netted Capes: Colonial interpretations vs. indigenous primary data

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ancient-mesoamerica/article/abs/aztec-knotted-and-netted-capes/E0D0FC436879B6223DE9304001C01B73 Anawalt, Patricia Reiff

 

Beyond Cloth and Cordage: Archaeological Textile Research in the Americas

https://doi.org/10.2307/972065 Drooker, Penelope Ballard et al

 

Clothing Women: The Female Body in Pre- and Post-Contact Aztec Art

Chapter Title Diel, Lori Boornazian

 

Excavations of Aztec Urban Houses at Yautepec, Mexico Smith, Michael E

https://doi.org/10.2307/972199

 

Huitzilopochtli's Conquest: Aztec Ideology in the Archaeological Record

https://doi.org/10.1017/S095977430000127X Brumfiel, Elizabeth M

 

Long-Distance Trade under the Aztec Empire: The Archaeological Evidence

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536100000183 Smith, Michael E

 

MATERIAL EXPRESSIONS OF WEALTH AND SOCIAL CLASS AT AZTEC-PERIOD SITES IN MORELOS, MEXICO Olson, Jane Marie and Michael E Smith

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536115000334

 

PERISHABLE RITUAL ARTIFACTS AT THE WEST RUIN OF AZTEC, NEW MEXICO: EVIDENCE FOR A CHACOAN MIGRATION Webster, Laurie D

https://doi.org/10.1179/kiv.2011.77.2.002

 

PRODUCTION INTENSIFICATION AND REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION: Maguey fibers and textiles in the Aztec city-state of Otumba Nichols, Deborah L

https://doi.org/10.1017/S095653610011106X

 

TEXTILES OF SACRIFICE: AZTEC RITUAL CAPES Anawalt, Patricia Reiff

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/869/

 

TEXTILE PRODUCTION IN POSTCLASSIC CHOLULA, MEXICO McCafferty D et al

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536100111071

 

The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire Pohl, John M and Claire L Lyons

Book

 

The Development of Prehispanic Cotton-Spinning Technology in Western Morelos, Mexico

https://doi.org/10.1179/009346988791974466 Smith, Michael E et al

 

The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs Nichols, Deborah L et al

Book

 

Wrapped in Cloth, Clothed in Skins: Aztec Tlaquimilolli (Sacred Bundles) and Deity Embodiment Bassett, Molly H

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/676470?journalCode=hr

 

Cover Image: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/ominous-new-interpretation-of-aztec-sun-stone/


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