Mesoamerican Repository

[korg]

very cool

 

[korg]

could the Aztec civilisation be considered bronze age?

 

[worldatwar]

could the Aztec civilisation be considered bronze age?

the Aztec civilization had copper tools & weapons, so yes.





most mesoamerican civilizations can be considered bronze age civilizations, but i think that "____ Age(s)" don't really exist as stages of development and that ages are just reductive generalizations, since africans smelted iron and steel far before ever smelting bronze and teotihuacan, despite not having smelting at the time, was larger than any bronze-age, iron-age, and even classical-era eurasian cities.

 

[worldatwar]

Pre-Columbian Nahua Featherwork (works utilizing feathers for art & fashion):

Moctezuma II's Headdress:



Closer in-depth look:


War Shields:

 

[worldatwar]

Post-Colombian Nahua Featherwork (made with feathers):

Fan (design has european influences):


Various Christian artworks commissioned by the Spanish (highly sought after in Europe):

 

[korg]

Post-Colombian Nahua Featherwork (made with feathers):

Fan (design has european influences):
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Various Christian artworks commissioned by the Spanish (highly sought after in Europe):
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Did Aztecs actually create that Christian artwork?

 

[worldatwar]

Post-Colombian Nahua Featherwork (made with feathers):

Fan (design has european influences):
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Various Christian artworks commissioned by the Spanish (highly sought after in Europe):
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A more in-depth analysis on Colonial-era Featherwork:


Bonus Spanish Commissioned Featherwork from the Nahuas:

 

[worldatwar]

Did Aztecs actually create that Christian artwork?

They were commissioned by the Spanish to create those.

Christian art pieces in Nahua featherwork in greater detail:

 

[korg]

A more in-depth analysis on Colonial-era Featherwork:
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Bonus Commissioned Featherwork from the Spanish:
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These really remind me of Byzantine-era mosaics

 

[worldatwar]

These really remind me of Byzantine-era mosaics
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yeah they appear more earthy and natural, especially the second piece, if that kinda makes sense?

you can really see the texture on these images.

 

[Mist]

shit allaztec

 

[worldatwar]

Cortes's account of the city of Tlaxcala:


Mexica armor, as described from a Conquistador:


Description of Tenochtitlan:

 

[CX2]

They were commissioned by the Spanish to create those.

Christian art pieces in Nahua featherwork in greater detail:
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this is genuinely aryan

 

[worldatwar]

Debunking stereotypes of Mesoamerica:


Another debunking of stereotypes about Mesoamerica:


Ceremonial Garments:

 

[worldatwar]

this is genuinely aryan

You can see them for yourself in Europe, since that's where most of them were sent to.

Only a few of these featherwork remain in Mexico, in Mexico City.

 

[CX2]

You can see them for yourself in Europe, since that's where most of them were sent to.

Only a few of these featherwork remain in Mexico, in Mexico City.

i would but i live nowhere near europe

 

[worldatwar]

Artworks of Tenochtitlan:

 

[worldatwar]

A marketplace in Tenochtitlan:


Politics of the Triple Alliance (Aztecs):


Expansion into Aridoamerica (I might make a repository for such later on) with Mesoamerican armor and forces:

 

[Ƀroot]

european weapons are cool but macahuitl goes hard, it's literally a bat covered in razors that turn it into a sword that also has blunt force

 

[worldatwar]

european weapons are cool but macahuitl goes hard, it's literally a bat covered in razors that turn it into a sword that also has blunt force

these are some replicas, albeit the accuracy to an actual macuahuitl varies.


the diamond shaped engravings in this pic are speculative and don't match mesoamerican motifs either, but the proportions of the weapons and the size and tight fit of the blades is more accurate to more codex depictions, with the bottom two and top macuahuitl being very authentic to those.


the replicas in this are also very authentic, with the lack of clear distinction between the shaft and handle being pretty common (though not universal) in codex depictions. the engravings are speculative, but they do match central mexican motifs and iconography.


and here are excerpts from codices of the macuahuitl:


here is an actual macuahuitl (one of 2 left(albeit it's heavily damaged and the handle is broken off)):


and here is another:


there was another, but it was burned down in a fire, and this one was two-handed as shown in picrel:


the reason why the macuahuitl is being held by samurai armor, next to an ottoman shield was because the museum managers didn't know what it was and of its origins, and so it was labeled as an exotic asian weapon.