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Coyolxāuhqui Stone
Size3.4 m (10.5 ft) diameter
Createdc. 1473 CE[1]
DiscoveredFebruary 21, 1978
Templo Mayor site
Present locationTemplo Mayor Museum, Mexico City
CultureAztec

The Coyolxāuhqui Stone is a carved, circular Aztec stone, depicting the mythical being Coyolxāuhqui ("Bells-Her-Cheeks"), in a state of dismemberment and decapitation by her brother, the patron deity of the Aztecs, Huitzilopochtli. It was rediscovered in 1978 at the site of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, now in Mexico City.[2] This relief is one of the best known Aztec monuments and one of the few great Aztec monuments that have been found fully in situ.[3]

  1. ^ "Coyolxauhqui". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. ^ See chapter "Art and Imperial Strategy in Tenochtitlan" by Emily Umberger, in Berdan et al. (1996, pp.85–108) and in particular pp.94–95.
  3. ^ Boone, Elizabeth (1999). "The "Coatlicues" at the Templo Mayor". Ancient Mesoamerica. 10 (2): 189. doi:10.1017/s0956536199102098. S2CID 161679253.

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