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To What End? Outline of Purpose and Arguments ....... .................. 2 A Summary of Tialtecuhtli Imagery ..... ........................... 3 Resolving the Gender Question ...... ..... .. . ............... ................. ...... ............ 4 ART II: THE IMPORTANCE OF TLALTECUHTLI IN AZTEC WORLDVIEW................................. 16 Dismemberment and Rebirth: Sacrifice and Reciprocity ........ . . .. ........ .......... ................. 16 Sun and Earth: Tlaltecuhtli's Role in Aztec Ritual ........ ........... ................... 17 Dualities and Triads: TIaltecuhtli and the Templo Mayor.......................... ................. 19 PART III: TLALTECUHTLI ICONOGRAPHY ......................................... ......................................... 21 A General Outline of altecuhtli Imagery .................... ............ ... ......... 21 7Taltecuhtli 1 ...... ......... ..... ................. ................. 28 General Features of Tlaltecuhtli 1 .... .... ..... .............................. ......... ..... 32 Tlaltecuhtli la: Consumption, Caves, and Sacrifice ................................. ....... 36 The T altecuhtli la "K nife V ariant" ................................................................................................ .......... 37 Frontal V iew s of Tlaltecuhtli la........................................................................................................... 39 The Features and Face of Tlaltecuhtli lb ........... .......... ..... ..... ............... ........ 41 Shared Features of Dorsal Tialtecuhtli la and lb altecuhtli 2 .................... . ... ....... .......... 42 The Face of Tlaloc?............. .... ....... . .............. ....... 42 Tlaloc-Tlaltecuhtli: A Deity Variant................... .. .. ...................... ............. 45 Connections to Teotihuacan ....................... .............. ....... 46 C onnections to the G ulf C oast................................................................................... ................ ........ . ...... 49 The Aztec Earth and the Ballgame................... ................................. 50 ART IV: DISCUSSIONAND CONCLUSIONS .......................................... 53 The Implications of Gender Division ................................. ..... ............. ..... 53 Reconciling Identities: the Two Faces of the Aztec Earth... ......... .. ...... ....... .............. 57 Sum m ary and C onclusions....... ....... ............................................................................ ....... 60