The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) reinstalled two plaques and added one more in the Zócalo of Mexico City. These plaques were placed in the exact places where three of the most representative monoliths in Mexican history were found, which are the Coatlicue and the Stone of the Sun in 1790, and the Stone of Tízoc in 1791.
Raúl Barrera, the head of the Urban Archeology Program (PAU) of the INAH, explained in a statement that the Coatlicue and Stone of the Sun plates (commonly called Aztec Calendar) They were created in 1990at the initiative of archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma. This was done in order to celebrate the bicentennial of Mexican archeology.
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The researcher, together with Vania Itzel Aguilar Delgado, was in charge of the archaeological rescue undertaken by the PAU and the Archaeological Salvage Directorate of the INAH in the “Camina tu Zócalo” project, in the year 2024. However, a year after the discoveries of the Coatlicue and the Stone of the Sun, the Stone of Tízoc came to light, which generalized the interest of the New Spain population in knowing its past.
After the fall of Tenochtitlan and, for at least two centuries, the viceregal government tried to hide the pre-Hispanic world. However, at the end of the 18th century, the circumstances were different and these discoveries strengthened the Creole spirit that would eventually give rise to the Independence movement in 1810.
The new plaque, which is that of Tízoc, is now It is visible on the northwest side of the Zócalo, near Madero Street.and constitutes a novelty in the signage of the square. The format of the plates was developed by the graphic designer of the Templo Mayor MuseumJonathan Tonatiuh Silva, and for its location there was support from the PAU topographer, Alfredo Reyes Castro.
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