Descripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras que con ocasión del nuevo empedrado que se está formando en la plaza principal de México, se hallaron en ella el año de 1790. Explícase el sistema de los calendarios de los Indios ... Noticia ... á que se añaden otras curiosas ... sobre la mitología de los Mexicanos, sobre su astronimía, y sobre los ritos y ceremonias ... en tiempo de su gentilidad ...
León y Gama, Antonio de, 1735-1802.
Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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México, Impr. de Don F. de Zúñiga y Ontiveros,
1792.
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The astronomer Antonio León y Gama is sometimes considered the first Mexican archaeologist. His description of the discovery of the "two stones" -- the Coatlicue and Sun Stone (a massive sacrificial stone and calendar) -- emphasized the sophistication and high scientific and artistic achievements of the Aztecs in a way that both responded to and further quickened the stirring of Mexican nationalism in the late 18th century. This work by León y Gama, published in Mexico City some two years after the discovery of the stones, includes three folded manuscript watercolor drawings of the antiquities.
Medina, J.T. México,
Palau y Dulcet,
Coatlicue (Statue)
Aztec calendar--Early works to 1800.
Aztecs--Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Mexico--Antiquities.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.07344.1