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Centuries-old Aztec texts detail history of their capital, conquests and fall to the Spanish

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Centuries-old Aztec texts detail history of their capital, conquests and fall to the Spanish

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

Three codices from the 16th and 17th century describe historical details about the Aztecs and the area that is now Mexico City.

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Don’t blame religion. They burned them to control the population and wipe out the culture. Religion was just an excuse.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

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