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RECORD NUMBER: 12 OF 19| Main Title | Math of the Aztecs / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Swienciki, Lawrence W. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Key Curriculum Press ; [Spectrum Educational Supplies, distributor], | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2001 | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | 203472 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 613430931 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9781559534949; 155953494X | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Multicultural education--Study and teaching--Posters ; Mathematics--History--Study and teaching--Posters ; Tezcucan Indians--Mathematics--Study and teaching--Posters ; Aztecs--Mathematics--Study and teaching--Posters ; Mexico--History--Study and teaching--Posters ; Study skills | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 1 poster : color ; 62 x 93 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Second ISBN number from publisher website. "Design and text by Lawrence Swienciki, PhD."--Poster. Title from poster. |
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| Contents Notes | The poster's central panel depicts Montezuma standing in front of the solar stone symbolizing the cosmos, next to a strip of symbols referring to the 18 years of Montezuma's reign and final conquest by Cortez. Columns on outer left and right depict symbols for the names of 20-day periods in the 260-day religious cycle ("tonalpohualli") in the Aztec calendar; Aztec numerals in the base 20 system; images from the Aztec Borgia manuscript showing math used to predict marriage outcomes; and examples of Texcocan or Texcucan calculations of land area for taxation purposes. The text box at the bottom explains the illustrations in the centre panel and columns, describing the Aztec calendar and numeral system, and explaining in detail the Texcocan system of calculating area. |