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Tlaximaltepoztli
The tlaximaltepoztli (''tlāximaltepoztli''; in Nahuatl, ''tlaximal''=carpentry and ''tepoztli''=metal axe) or simply tepoztli was a common weapon used by civilizations from Mesoamerica which was formed by a wooden haft in which the poll of the bronze head was inlaid in a hole in the haft. It was used for war or as a tool. Its use is documented by the Codex Mendoza and the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer. Tax collectors from the Aztec Empire demanded this kind of axe as tribute from the subjugated kingdoms. In Aztec mythology, the tepoztli was used by the god Tepoztécatl, god of fermentation and fertility. In Codex Borgia he is represented with a bronze axe. Description The tepoztli was a weapon used by several kingdoms in Mesoamerica, notably during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century. It was famously employed by the Purépecha Empire, from which many original pieces have been discovered. Based on the size of the bronze axe heads exhibited by the National Anthr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axe-monies
Axe-monies (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Tajaderos'') refer to bronze artifacts found in both western Mesoamerica and the northern Andean civilizations, Andes. Based on Ethnohistory, ethnohistorical, Archaeology, archaeological, chemical, and metallurgical analyses, the scholars Hosler, Heather Lechtman, Lechtman and Holm have argued for their use in both regions (which are separated by thousands of miles) through trade. In contrast to ''naipes'', bow-tie- or card-shaped metal objects which appear in the archaeological record only in the northern Andean coastal region, axe-monies are found in both Mesoamerican and Andean cultural zones. More specifically, it is argued that the system of money first arose on the north coast of Peru and Ecuador in the early second millennium CE. In both regions, bronze was smelted, likely by family units, and hammered into thin, axe-shaped forms and bundled in multiples of five, usually twenty. As they are often found in burials, it is likely that in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
