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The Great Temple of the Aztecs

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma directed the excavation of the Templo Mayor himself, so this account of the great Aztec temple complex in Mexico City comes directly from the excavator's own documented findings rather than from a secondhand report of someone else's dig. That firsthand excavation record, covering the site's architecture and the religious meaning of what was actually found there, is the book's real evidentiary basis. Use it for established archaeological facts about the Templo Mayor's excavation, architecture and finds; a claim about Aztec religion more broadly beyond this one site needs a source with that wider scope.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma's scholarly account of the Templo Mayor written by the excavation's own director, covering its architecture and the religious meaning of its finds.

Notes

Scholarly account by the excavation's own director of the Templo Mayor, the great Aztec temple complex in Mexico City, covering its excavation, architecture and the religious meaning of its finds. Use for established archaeological facts about the Templo Mayor.

Citation

Author

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

Publisher

Thames and Hudson

Publication Year

1988

URL

https://archive.org/details/greattempleofazt0000mato

Source Type

Scholarly work

Connections

Associated With

Mexico

This source names Mexico directly: "of the great Aztec temple complex in Mexico City comes directly from the excavator's own documented findings rather than from a secondhand report of someone else's dig."

Source The Great Temple of the AztecsEduardo Matos Moctezuma

Claims Backed By This Source (117 claims)

This source backs 117 claims across the atlas. As facts: 64 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 30 holds. Plus 20 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 22 claims: 12 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 6 holds, 3 general references.
Articles, 21 claims: 21 well-attested.
Deities, 15 claims: 3 well-attested, 6 holds, 6 general references.
Sacred Sites, 12 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 5 holds, 1 general references.
Cultures, 9 claims: 3 well-attested, 4 holds, 2 general references.
Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
Empires & Polities, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 1 general references.
Artifacts & Relics, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
Bodies of Water, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
Cities, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Sacred Architecture, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Regions, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Studies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.