ID: 901001714 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001714	Record Type: Legendary Place

	Aztlán (Aztec legendary place)

Note: Legendary homeland of the Aztecs before the migration to Tenochtitlán; was believed to be in northern Mexico.

Names:

	Aztlán (Aztec legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Aztec iconography> (P)
		............<Aztec legendary places> (P)
		................Aztlán (Aztec legendary place) (I)

Other Relationships:

	culture/religion is .... Pre-Columbian (American)
	.....(Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... Aztec (culture or style)
	.....(Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles, Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods, Mesoamerican regional styles and periods, Mesoamerican, Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... México
	.....(North and Central America) (TGN)

Sources:

	Aztlán (Aztec legendary place)
	................Aguilar-Moreno, Handbook to Life in the Aztec World (2007) 28
	................Palka, The A to Z of Ancient Mesoamerica (2010) 12
	................Van Tuerenhout, The Aztecs: New Perspectives (2005) 67
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Maya, Inca, Aztec online (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Aguilar-Moreno, Handbook to Life in the Aztec World (2007) 28
	................ Getty Research Institute exhibitions [online] (1997-) http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/obsidian_mirror/ancient_mexican_books.html