The Sun Stone (The Calendar Stone), Aztec

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Mark Cartwright
by Smarthistory
published on 14 June 2016

The Sun Stone (or The Calendar Stone), Aztec,
reign of Moctezuma II (1502-20), discovered in 1790 at the southeastern edge of the Plaza Mayor (Zocalo) in Mexico City, stone
(unfinished), 358 cm diameter x 98 cm depth (Museo Nacional de Antropología)

Speakers: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Beth Harris

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