Aztec writing sometimes used different colours to refine a word's meaning: This page is from an early 16th century book about Aztec imperial taxation, the Matricula de Tributos, now in the National ...

Configuring the past -- History and historians -- Writing in images -- Structures of history -- Mixtec genealogical histories -- Lienzos and tiras from Oaxaca and southern Puebla -- Stories of ...

With its brilliant hues of blue and green, turquoise was a highly prized gemstone to the ancient Aztecs and Mixtec in the region that stretches from central Mexico to Central America known as ...