Aztec Calendar Stone
- Title:
- Aztec Calendar Stone
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Pellandini, Claudio (Publisher)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1885-ca. 1895 (photograph)
- Location:
- Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Country:
- Mexico
- ID Number:
- 640
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00640
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00640.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Aztec
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- artifacts (object genre)
Calendars
Rock
reliefs (sculptures)
museums (buildings)
interior views
Imaginary/Mythological creatures
Elements
Serpents
gods (deities)
mythologies (religious concept)
hieroglyphics
signs by form
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, Mexico
photographs - Measurement:
- 18.7325 x 12.3825 (centimeters)
- Description:
- The Aztec Calendar Stone, "discovered in 1790, is a basaltic monolith. It weighs approximately 25 tons and is about 3.7 metres in diameter. In the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City." (Source: Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.