Stone of Tizoc

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Stone of Tizoc

Created	1480s
Discovered	17 December 1791
Present location	National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

The Stone of Tizoc, Tizoc Stone or Sacrificial Stone is a large, round, carved Aztec stone, rediscovered on 17 December 1791. It is thought to have been a quauhxicalli, in which the hearts of sacrifices were placed.

Around its side are depictions of Texcatlipoca, a major Aztec god, holding the patron gods of other places by the hair. Aztec glyphs give the name of the conquered place, which may have already been conquered, or is considered divinely ordained to be conquered. One of the figures, however, is identified as Tizoc, the Aztec Emperor from 1481 to 1486, who is dressed in the costume of the god Huitzilopochtli. This has led to the stone's association with Tizoc.

The stone is currently in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

[edit] Bibliography

Orzco y Berra, Manuel (1877). "El cuauhxicalli de Tizoc". Anales del Museo Nacional de México 1: pp. 3–39. (Spanish)
Umberger, Emily (2008). "Ethnicity and Other Identities in the Sculptures of Tenochtitlan", Ethnic Identity in Nahua Mesoamerica: The View from Archaeology, Art History, Ethnohistory, and Contemporary Ethnography. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, pp. 64–104. ISBN 978-0-87480-917-6. OCLC 173182658. (English)
Wicke, Charles (1976). "Once More Around the Tizoc Stone: A Reconsideration", Actas del XLI Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, México, 2 al 7 de septiembre de 1974. Mexico City: Comisión de Publicación de las Actas y Memorias, vol. 2, pp. 209–222. (English)