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    1) The document describes a cliff relief found at Cerro de la Malínche in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico dating back to 1486-1519 AD during the Aztec rule. 2) The relief depicts a Maize-Water Goddess figure above a serpent figure that resembles Quetzalcoatl. 3) Similar reliefs found elsewhere have been dated to Aztec ruler coronation ceremonies, suggesting this relief may have had a ceremonial purpose during Aztec ruler rituals.

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    1) The document describes a cliff relief found at Cerro de la Malínche in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico dating back to 1486-1519 AD during the Aztec rule. 2) The relief depicts a Maize-Water Goddess figure above a serpent figure that resembles Quetzalcoatl. 3) Similar reliefs found elsewhere have been dated to Aztec ruler coronation ceremonies, suggesting this relief may have had a ceremonial purpose during Aztec ruler rituals.

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    Of Ruler Not in Prior To Relief With To Ahuitzotl

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    Plate 67.

    Maize-Water Godiless and


    clif rclief at Cerro de la
    Quetzalcoatl,
    Malínche, TuIa, Hidalgo. A.ztec, t486-t5tg

    formed during the coronation ceremonies of an Aztec ruler and does not appear in
    art in central Mexico prior to the Aztecs. The Tula relief with the serpent is similar
    to the Aqueduct Relief showing Ahuitzotl (see Plates rr8, r19) and may have been

    Plate 68. Drawing of Maize-Water Godiless


    and Quetzalcoatl (below), clif relíef
    (left)
    øt Cero de Ia Malinche, Tula, Hidalgo.
    Aztec, t486-t5tg (after Krickeberg, t969,
    fì fr l.ì r] -frc,.ta)

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    126 Aztec Art

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