#urban archaeology
Largest Aztec temple was decorated with over 100 starfish
“The last well-preserved layer of the temple was the one Ahuizotl ordered built in 1487. And that’s where archaeologists discovered the galaxy of starfish that the Aztec priests had once offered to Huitzilopochtli.”
Smithsonian Magazine. “Researchers Decipher the Glyphs on a 1,300-Year-Old Frieze in Mexico”
“The original frieze is estimated to have been about 100 feet long and would have decorated the main façade of the Casa del Sur, according to the Art Newspaper’s Gabriella Angeleti. It would have been visible to a busy ceremonial plaza, and, due to its location, Robles García says the glyphs impart a “message or discourse of power.””
