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About 2000 BC – 16th century AD
Distinctive regional cultures flourished in Mexico from prehistoric times, until its contact with Europe during the sixteenth century. Early Mexican civilization is explored in Room 27, along with the Classic Veracruz and Huaxtec cultures and the Maya city states of the first millennium AD.
Yaxchilan lintel 24 AD 600-900 More information
Yaxchilan lintel 24 AD 600-900
Stone sculpture of Tlazolteotl AD 900-1521 More information
Stone sculpture of Tlazolteotl AD 900-1521
Mosaic mask of Quetzalcoatl 15th-16th century AD More information
Mosaic mask of Quetzalcoatl 15th-16th century AD
Gold pendant depicting a ruler AD 900-1521 More information
Gold pendant depicting a ruler AD 900-1521
The display includes stunning objects, including highly-prized turquoise mosaic, dating from the Mixtec-Aztec culture of AD 1400–1521, and stone sculptures of Huaxtec female deities from AD 900-1450.
See this gallery on the floor plan
Head of Tlaloc
A kind of magic
Fun-filled Aztec activity book, £2.99
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