An intact hafted axe found under one of the structures that burnt down at the Must Farm site, England. 3000 BP. [900x600]1mo ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Seal fur thong. 19th century. Inuit in East Greenland [1280 x 1561]1yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
900-year-old Crusader sword recovered from seafloor by a local diver. Carmel Beach, Israel. [2032x1269]2yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Textile fragment with a feline figure. Chimu or Chancay culture. 900-1430 CE. Peru. [1490x764]8mo ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
1,500-year-old late Roman grasswork Panama hat from Flinders Petrie's 1901-2 field season in Egypt. In 2017 was radiocarbon dated o CE 420-568. [2014x1534]4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Axe with intact wooden shaft uncovered at Rødbyhavn, Denmark. Dates to the Stone Age, about 5,500 years ago.10yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/pics
The 'Ain Ghazal statues. 8th/7th millennium BC. Among the earliest large-scale depictions of humans. They were made from gypsum on a reed core [598x974]4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Old Copper Culture spear point found in the shallows of Portage Lake, Upper Michigan, United States. 6,000 - 4,000 BP. [3118x4160]9mo ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Artist's Painting of a Hippopotamus. New Kingdom Dynasty, 18. Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Hatshepsut Hole [3054x3809]3yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Everyone always focuses on Atlantic sea travel because of the Caribbean islands, but almost always ignores the Pacific coast1yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
[OS] Brick with a child's footprint. Ur, Iraq. 2000 BCE [1600x1665]5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Modern people seriously underestimate the capability of people in the past4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
Mural fragment from Cacaxtla, Mexico. 7th to 10th century AD. [1000x767]5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Huitzilopochtli bursting from his mother's womb after learning his 400 brothers and 1 sister were conspiring to kill him4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
Mesoamericans when they see frothy brown liquid spiced with chili3yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
But they were conquering each other before Europeans showed up so why does it matter?4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
In an alternate universe where Tenochtitlan wasn't conquered, present-day peasants must still make way for the city's glorious warrior caste2yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
Keep an eye out for weird men on a strange vessel just in case4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
I'd rather pay tribute than be ruled with a groundstone fist3yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
Later conquistadors exploring the Amazon River after Orellana's expedition which had noted densely packed and numerous towns along the river prior to the devastating effects of Old World diseases2yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
The reason behind the ability of the Spanish to conquer the Aztec and Maya3yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
They started exploiting copper 9500 years ago, earlier than Eurasians3yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
Mesoamericans after the introduction of metallurgy from South America2yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
Figura Efigie de Ocelote (FEO) found in a shaft tomb burial. Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico. Middle Formative (1000-800 B.C.) [540x908]2yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
It's the largest pyramid in the New World and gets almost no attention3yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
Why does this rivalry matter when we know who's actually the best?3yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
[OS] Obsidian eccentric in the form of a serpent. Teotihuacan, Mexico. 100-500 AD. [800x420]6yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
There's a reason people are more familiar with the Aztec4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
Heard you like Middle Formative effigies from Mascota, Jalisco4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
[OS] Rare Roman boxing gloves found near Hadrian's Wall. Thought to be the only surviving examples. 120 AD. Hexham, Northumberland. [1920x1152]6yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
[OS] Three out of twenty-one pieces of the Carambolo Treasure found near Seville, Spain in 1958. A new analysis proposes the gold for the pieces was sourced locally, but made using Phoenician techniques. ~700 B.C. Tartessos/Phoenician [1900x1266]6yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
3,000 year old copper axe recovered from Lake Salem in northern Vermont, United States [566x500]6yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Because literally eating the body and blood of your savior every Sunday is somehow better4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
People continue to justify colonization being a positive thing5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
[OS] A fantastic four-legged, three-toed being, seated with a long, curled tail. The creature has a long, pointed snout and even longer ears. It has big round eyes and wears a collar around its neck tied under the chin. Classic Veracruz culture. Mexico. 7th - 9th century AD [3787x4000]6yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
This dude tried to break into my house last night through the window at 2am4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
An altar of Mictlantecuhtli (god of death). Made from unbaked clay and earth, lime plaster, sand, and organic pigments and binders. El Zapotal, Veracruz, Mexico. Remojadas culture. 300 AD to 900 AD. [1500x1000]3yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bullion from Mexico. Made by the Spanish from melted down Aztec gold objects and abandoned during flight from Tenochtitlan (la Noche Triste). 1520 AD [2048x748]6yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
YDRW (your dog's reaction when) you get home from work (or literally any time you leave the house and return)4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
It isn't possible to build a dense urban civilization in a jungle environment5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
Whenever the average Redditor tries to discuss the origin of paleoindians5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
These translucent obsidian earspools feature a delicately incised name of a royal lady. The earflares were deposited—probably much later—in the tomb of a male, perhaps as an heirloom. Maya. Belize. 400-500 AD [1536x2048]6yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
If a town didn't join after being conquered the sick and elderly were put to death on the spot and the healthy were marched back to Tzintzuntzan to be enslaved or sacrificed4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
[OS] A turquoise tablet depicting codex-like figures. Found in Cheve Cave, Oaxaca. Mixtec. 1250-1500 AD [1000x617]6yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Jaguar incense burner found in a shaft tomb burial. Mascota, Jalisco. Middle Formative period (800 B.C.) [284x394]5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
When people keep referring to all three city-state members of the Aztec Triple Alliance as Mexica4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
[OS] Lavishly decorated coral and silver flintlock pistols. A similar pair were given to the Prince Regent from the dey of Algiers in 1811 and 1819 [4000x2598]7yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
[OS] Jadeite mask with were-jaguar features. Olmec, Mexico. 900–400 B.C. [1588x1626]7yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Axe with intact shaft uncovered at Rødbyhavn, Denmark. Dates to the Stone Age, about 5,500 years ago. [1141x756]10yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Because it isn't overtly more of the same, it's different5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
I'm not sure a finger is necessarily the best selling compliment for advertising cocktails (spotted in the United inflight magazine)2yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ATBGE
San Lorenzo Colossal Head 1. Olmec. San Lorenzo, Veracruz. 900 BC [1121x1500]8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The mirror-bearer, a wooden statue that depicts a mustachioed man in a skirt that would have once held a mirror made of pyrite or obsidian. Maya. 6th century AD [1488X1861]6yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
[OS] Funerary mask from Calakmul. Made from 57 jadeite tiles, obsidian, shell, and pyrite [1200x1800]7yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
In 1519, knowing the Spanish were on their way to Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs sent emissaries to the Tarascans requesting help5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
A gold wreath in the shape of an ivy plant discovered at a 2,400-year-old tomb complex in Cyprus. The wreath most likely came from Macedonia. [1000x822]9yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Lidded bowl with 'Tlaloc' rain god face and war serpent headdress. Burial 10, Tikal, Guatemala. Tikal Museum / Museo Sylvanus G. Morley. [1920x1271]4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Flask of pale green glass, tall conical body with rounded pointed bottom, cylindrical neck with tooling indents and broad flaring oval mouth: Ancient Mediterranean, Roman Period, 4th to 5th century AD [2000x1500]3yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
[OS] King Tut's iron dagger. Recent work using non-invasive, portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, a team of Italian and Egyptian researchers confirmed that the iron of the dagger placed on the right thigh of King Tut's mummified body a has meteoric origin. [1200x600]8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
You can't oppose the Spanish. And even if you do, you won't last longer than a year. Just look at the Caxcanes!5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
[OS] 400 year old silk dress with a floral design recovered from a shipwreck in Netherlands [5443X4183]8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
[Fallout 4] It's been 210 years since the bombs fell. How have these survived?8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/gaming
After Tlaxcallan ally themselves with the Spanish to defeat the Aztec Triple Alliance5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
[OS] The Peutinger Table, a map showing that all roads really do lead to Rome. 4th century AD. [1900x916]7yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
400 year old silk dress with a floral design recovered from a shipwreck in Netherlands8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/pics
[OS] Flint arrowhead embedded in an upper arm bone. From the battle at Tollense River, Germany. 1250 BC [850x638]8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Stucco mask from Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. Maya. 8th century AD [505x580]8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
I think the book ignores the fact that neither existed during his time10yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/atheism
Amulet of a Papyrus Column. Ancient Egyptian. Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21-25. 1070-656 BCE. [3000x1745]3yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Watercolor of the Temple of the Niches at El Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico. Painted by Victorian artist Adela Breton. Late 19th to early 20th century [700x519]8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
[OS] Head of Polyphemos, the one-eyed, man-eating Cyclops whom Odysseus finally outwitted and blinded. Greek or Roman. Hellenistic or Imperial Period, about 150 B.C. or later [1238x1600]8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bust of K'inich Janaab’ Pakal. 7th Century. Palenque, Mexico5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/DankPrecolumbianMemes
One wall from the Bonampak murals. Maya. Chiapas, Mexico. November 11, 791 A.D. [1900x1490]5yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Rendering of the north wall of the San Bartolo mural. The northern and western walls of the chamber in the base of the temple pyramid depict elements of Maya creation mythology reminiscent of the Popol Vuh as well as of Yucatec cosmological traditions. Guatemala. Maya. Preclassic 100BC [4500x2250]8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The five story buildings of Piruro (Phiruru) with each floor connected with spiral staircases. Yarowilca culture, Peru. [1600x1200]9yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Ear Ornament Depicting a Warrior, 640–680, Moche culture; gold, turquoise, wood. Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipan, Lambayeque, Peru [1280x1280]7yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The yacatas of Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan. Tarascan. Postclassic. 1300-1530 AD. [540x702]9yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Graphic from Restall's book When Montezuma Met Cortez linking the terms Mexica, Aztec, and Nahua4yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/mesoamerica
Polychrome painting from a room near the Palace of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico. It represents a stylized, tightly coiled serpent with the typical segmented body and rattlesnake tail of Teotihuacan serpent representations. [1280x1279]8yr ⋅ Mictlantecuhtli ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
