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Olmec - Toltec
The term, Aztec is the The earliest we know about
term that most his- the Mexica is that they mi-
torian use to describe grated from the north into
the culture that domi- the Valley of Mexico as
nated the Valley of early as the twelfth century
Mexico in the fifteenth AD, well after the close For everything you need to know about planning your visit
and sixteenth centu- of the Classic Period in to the Museum, including admissions, directions, and park-
ries. All the Nahua- Mesoamerica. They were a ing, please see the Visitor Information area of our site.
speaking peoples in subject and abject people,
the Valley of Mexico forced to live on the For general information and current exhibition schedules
were Aztecs, Turquoise Mask of worst lands in the valley. call (212) 769-5100 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) or e-mail
while the culture that Xiuhtecuhtli the god of fire They adopted the cultural Visitor Information. For advance reservations for special
dominated the area patterns that originated exhibitions, films, and lectures, call (212) 769-5200 (9:00am
was a tribe of the Mexica called the in the culture of Teotihuacán, so - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday) or e-mail Tickets.
Tenochca. At the time of the Euro- the urban culture
pean conquest, they called them- they built in the
selves either “Tenochca” or “Toltec,” fifteenth and
which was the name assumed by sixteenth
the bearers of the Classic Meso- centuries is
american culture. essentially a
continuation
of Teotihuacán American Museum of Natural History
culture.
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