Show I Mexico Interpreted The Interpreted The Ancient Anci nt Aztecs By By FREDERICK STARR STARK y s University of Chicago I Author Author of Mexico and the United States State For food supply the Aztecs s dep depended upon hunting gathering gathering gath gath- gathering ering and gardening They ate everything upon which they could lay hands Field labor was of the of the simplest M. M kind Seed was dropped into hol holes s' s drilled with witha a w pointed sticks and the earth pushed back over 4 the planted seed then the ha harvest was awaited The ordinary dress of the Aztecs was sim sim- 11 HoweVer the rulers and priests were dis dis- v r by more ela elaborate orate clothing and by 4 characteristic decorations and adornments Most ost of the tools and weapons of the v Aztecs were re made of stone To the education PratE fF star Starr t tion i on of ot the young considerable attention was vas was given Picture writing was notably developed develop d. d We know that these people were fond of music they had a wide range of musical musical mu mu- musical instruments drums whistles rattles pipes and the like like- they had songs adapted to all occasions The most astonishing ir intellectual achievement t of the Aztecs was their astronomical knowledge as shown sho in their time time time- reckoning it may perhaps be said said that their calendar was more correct at the time of the Spanish conquest than th the calendar in use among mong the conquerors The bloody worship of t the e Aztecs Aztec will witt b be th the subject of the next of these short chapters in m the history of Mexico |