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Architecture and Culture (Gavin)
The Aztecs designed their buildings to be functional for everyday life as well as having a major importance on buildings for religious practices, and the gods that they worshiped. The architectural style of the Aztecs reflected relationships with a higher power. In Tenochtitlan, the layout of the city represented the birth of Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of the sun and war.
The teocalli, or pyramid-temples, were significant to Aztec religious practices. They were the sites of religious celebrations and rituals. The temples represented ascension. There were multiple torn levels, which each correlated with different classes. The Aztecs believed that ascension was the process of preparing oneself to please the gods. At the top was the main temple where sacrifices took place, since that was considered to be closest to the gods.[citation needed]
In Cholula, Puebla a Central Aztec temple was discovered in 1978. This temple was used to worship their sun and war deity Huitzilopochtli, and the deity of fertility, water, and rain,Tlaloc. The temple contain alters where they would leave offerings, which were mainly animals and hand made sculptures. The temple also contained an alter where they would make sacrifices to the gods. They used red and blue paint to decorate the temple [1]
Aztec households were simple and uniform to the rest of the civilization. Houses could be one to two stories tall.
There is a large circular building resembling a lecture hall that was believed to be a place were the Aztecs would hold governmental affairs.[2]
Separation of classes
Aztec culture had class stratification. The highest social rank was that of the priesthood, which permitted access to the temples and more exclusive quarters. Members of the priesthood lived near the temples in the central areas of the city, while people of lower classes lived increasingly further away according to their status. The sizes of domestic structures reflected differences in wealth, power, and status.
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Disappearance
Why are there so few Aztec ruins left. Were did the old buildings go?
References
Smith, Michael E., and Frances F. Berdan. "Archaeology and the Aztec Empire." World Archaeology 23, no. 3 (1992): 353-67/ http://ww.jstor.org/stable/124768
Coe, Michael D. (2019). Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs. Ancient Peoples and Places Series. Javier Urcid Serrano (8th edition.). London: Thames & Hudson, Limited. ISBN 978-0-500-29373-7.
- ^ Coe, Michael D. (2019). Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs. Ancient Peoples and Places Series. Javier Urcid Serrano (8th ed ed.). London: Thames & Hudson, Limited. ISBN 978-0-500-29373-7.
- ^ Coe, Michael D. (2019). Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs. Ancient Peoples and Places Series. Javier Urcid Serrano (8th ed ed.). London: Thames & Hudson, Limited. ISBN 978-0-500-29373-7.
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