The Sun Stone (The Calendar Stone)

The Sun Stone (or The Calendar Stone), Aztec, reign of Moctezuma II (1502-20), discovered in 1790 at the southeastern edge of the Plaza Mayor (Zocalo) in Mexico City, stone (unfinished), 358 cm diameter x 98 cm depth (Museo Nacional de Antropología)

Speakers: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Beth Harris

. Created by Steven Zucker and Beth Harris.

[hugos]

I'v always been fascinated by this ancient masterpiece.

[nokomarie]

We have an old resin plaque brought back from Mexico in the 80s which has a very complex explanation of the whole thing in the back in very small print.  Your explanation had us pulling it off the wall to look intensely at the details.  Thanks for helping to give meaning to an old item.

[marksinger]

Every Smarthistory video I've seen is pitched perfectly: scholarly and informative but casual and energetic. I teach a lower-division college world history survey, and my students are always fascinated by and learn quite a bit from them.

[josealejandre]

Were actually technically living in the era of the 6th sun-death by man 👨

[MattHunter]

Such a pity that I never looked in to the sun stone before seeing it, and since having a replica of it as a kid at home. Despite having visited 12 different archaeological sites around Mexico, its nice to know that I can be sitting in bed at 1am and still learn about things I was too stupid to expand my knowledge on!

[beomiez]

This helped me a lot for my essay thanks!! ☺😁😁😀😀

[Commvestor]

I always had an interest in this topic and glad I was able to find this.

[chreschres]

I tried to imagine myself in their time looking at the volcano shown, trippy!! Awesome video, thank you.

[chediablo]

Thank you for such a great explanation, I am Mexican American and I bought a resin replica of the sun stone for my wall, to pay homage to my ancestry.

[bornyoung]

I find it very strange that they say Aztecs did not have a written language. But they were able to do so much without a written language we’re missing something

[claudiasidonenco]

This is a really great video. So calmly and nicely explained, much better than my history teachers from school :))) Alll of the videos from this channel are like this. I really love it. ❤️

[cameliafloresperez]

well-worth watching in my Spanish 1 class! Using it today.

[FinnmacD]

You have such nice voices. I could listen to you talk all day

[Sasha]

For all the Mexican television I've consumed, I've never seen a peso (not "paso, " that I'm aware of) until now - definitely paused at that point to appreciate it's features. S/o to the American Bank Note Company on the bottom, lol.

The tongue-blade (tecpatl) was definitely a surprise! We do make sacrifices with and because of our mouths...

Way to pronounce 4-Water! That was awesome, lol. Hearing the prophecy about getting rekt by earthquakes was decidedly less awesome... 😅 So much to learn in this one. I really enjoyed it.

[williamking]

Very fascinating video of the Aztec Calendar Stone. Thanks for the explanations of the details. I would have liked further explanation of the rest of the symbols, such as the ones on the outer circle of the rim. Wonder if there is a book that explains every detail of the stone?

[DK-fqhy]

fixed non rotational calendar could possibly mean that nature determined time and not human.

[PoliticalJohn]

I'm not an Aztec Historian, but you'd think that "1 flint" would apply to Montezumenas stamp on the other side. Reflecting perhaps the date of his anniversarial ascension to power.

But hey, I'll just go back to being an uneducated boor.

[cinnamonchestnut]

topic that i'm really into it !Thank u guys for making those excellent videos.By the way my English get practiced through it XD

[williamedwardhackman]

We started the new Mayan Calendar on December 22, 2012. The ending of the new Mayan Calendar is on October 13, 4772. That is a long time in the future. The Long Count will be 1.0.0.0.0.0 on October 13, 4772. This is called the ending of the Piktun.

[windandfire]

Tlaloc is the God of rain (not rain of fire) therefore that era most likely refers to a "great flood"