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Poll

Do you know what La Piedra del Sol is?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Poll

I would like for you to take an educated guess at what La Piedra del Sol means

• The party stone

• The sun stone

• The sand stone

• The piety stone

Piedra del Sol

• Aztec Calendar

• Weighs 25 tons

• Three feet thick and nearly twelve feet in diameter

• The stone represents a rich cultural tradition that extends back another two thousand years through the Toltec, Maya, and Olmec civilizations

• The stone was meant mounted horizontally to serve as a sacred repository for the hearts and blood of captured warriors to the sun god.

• The stone was buried during the Spanish defeat of Tenochtitlán (present-day Mexico City) in 1521

• it was recovered in 1790 during the repaving of the Plaza Mayor

Multiple Choice

Repository means

• to rest

• sacrifices

• to reposition

• storage

El Museo Nacional de Antropología

Multiple Choice

What indigenous group does Piedra del Sol credit its origin to?

• Mayans

• Aztecs

Multiple Select

What information is true?

• The stone was found in Guatemala.

• The stone is one foot in height and 3 feet thick.

• The stone was buried during the Spanish Conquista.

• The stone was recovered in 1970.

Multiple Choice

The stone weighs

• 20 pounds

• 25 pounds

• 72 pounds

• 20 tons

• 25 tons

Poll

The Museo de AntropologÍa is located in....

• Guadalajara

• Guatemala

• Mexico City

• Puerto Rico

Multiple Choice

The stone was placed....

• vertically

• horizontally

Open Ended

Now that you have learned about La Piedra del Sol, write three facts: