Textile and featherwork production in Postclassic Central Mexico (c. 900–1521 CE)

1. Rise of Toltec influence at Tula

   Jan 1, 900Labels: Tula, Toltec

   • Britannica
   • Met Museum

2. Decline of Tula and political reconfiguration

   Jan 1, 1150Labels: Tula, Regional city-states

   • Britannica
   • Met Museum

3. Mexica found Tenochtitlan in Lake Texcoco

   Jan 1, 1325Labels: Tenochtitlan, Mexica

   • Britannica
   • Met Museum

4. Formation of the Triple Alliance empire

   Jan 1, 1428Labels: Triple Alliance, Texcoco

   • Britannica
   • Met Museum

5. Aztec tribute system intensifies cloth flows

   Jan 1, 1450Labels: Aztec empire, mantas

   • Met Museum
   • Bodleian

6. Quachtli cloth used as commodity money

   Jan 1, 1450Labels: Quachtli, Cotton cloth

   • Wikipedia
   • Cambridge

7. Amanteca craft community based in Amantla

   Jan 1, 1480Labels: Amanteca, Amantla

   • Smarthistory
   • Wikipedia

8. Imperial expansion boosts luxury-feather supply lines

   Jan 1, 1486Labels: Quetzal, Feather supply

   • Smarthistory
   • Britannica

9. Motecuhzoma II consolidates elite restrictions

   Jan 1, 1502Labels: Motecuhzoma II, Court

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

10. New Fire Ceremony renews sacred regalia cycle

    Jan 1, 1507Labels: New Fire, Ritual

    • Britannica
    • Britannica

11. Spanish enter Tenochtitlan; luxury gifts circulate

    Nov 8, 1519Labels: Hern n, Tenochtitlan

    • Britannica
    • Smarthistory

12. Fall of Tenochtitlan disrupts craft economies

    Aug 13, 1521Labels: Fall of, Conquest

    • Britannica
    • Met Museum

13. Feather mosaic 'Mass of St. Gregory' produced

    Jan 1, 1539Labels: Mass of, Amanteca

    • Smarthistory
    • Musee Auch

14. Codex Mendoza compiled to document tribute and lifeways

    Jan 1, 1542Labels: Codex Mendoza, Viceregal

    • Bodleian
    • Met Museum
    • Wikipedia

15. Florentine Codex documents featherworking processes

    Jan 1, 1579Labels: Florentine Codex, Featherworking

    • Getty Codex
    • UNESCO
    • Smith College