hey wat were the aztec houses/homes made of,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,????
2007-01-26
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Their homes were made of adobe which was a mixture of dirt and water. It is usually baked in the sun. Many of their large buildings were made of stone and they are a marvel of engineering even today. It is a wonder how some of them carried the stones up mountainsides. Homes are, of course, reflective of the materials where the people lived and the advancement of their culture by their engineering and tell a great deal about their society and culture.
2007-01-26 12:08:49
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answered by StarGalactica 2
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Not sure if this will help, but here:
The capital city of the Aztec empire was Tenochtitlan, now the site of modern-day Mexico City. Built on a series of islets in Lake Texcoco, the city plan was based on a symmetrical layout that was divided into four city sections called campans. The city was interlaced with canals which were useful for transportation.
Tenochtitlan was built according to a fixed plan and centered on the ritual precinct, where the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan rose 60 m above the city. Houses were made of wood and loam, roofs were made of reed,[15] although pyramids, temples and palaces were generally made of stone.
Around the island, chinampa beds were used to grow foodstuffs as well as, over time, to increase the size of the island. Chinampas, misnamed "floating gardens", were long raised plant beds set upon the shallow lake bottom. They were a very efficient agricultural system and could provide up to seven crops a year. On the basis of current chinampa yields, it has been estimated that 1 hectare of chinampa would feed 20 individuals and 9,000 hectares of chinampas could feed 180,000.[16]
Anthropologist Eduardo Noguera estimates the population at 200,000 based in the house count and merging the population of Tlatelolco (once an independent city, but later became a suburb of Tenochtitlan). If one includes the surrounding islets and shores surrounding Lake Texcoco, estimates range from 300,000 to 700,000 inhabitants.
2007-01-26 20:06:23
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answered by Kage 3
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Houses were varied in their construction. Most basic were buildings of wattle-and-daub: frameworks of poles covered with a mud plaster, provided with a thatched roof. Especially within the cities, other houses were constructed in whole or in part of stone. Wattle-and-daub buildings might be raised on a low stone platform, or the walls built of stone but still having a thatched roof, or the entire building, including a flat roof, could be stone covered in plaster.
The more elaborate houses took the form of sets of rooms around open courtyards. In the space of the courtyard, backstrap looms could be suspended from posts, and grinding stones placed in comfortable light. On feast days, musical instruments such as wooden or pottery drums might be placed along one side of the courtyard and the central area cleared for dancing.
The rooms facing out on courtyards could be open on that side, forming porches or antechambers, and allowing more light to filter into the rooms behind. In these more restricted rooms, pottery vessels, lofts in the rafters and shelves built along walls served for storage, and cooking hearths were built on the floor or raised on platforms.
The doorways of rooms could be closed off with cloth curtains, and cloth and animal skin cushions and reed mats provided comfortable seating. The most elaborate houses might have carved stone ornaments, particularly along the roof, or painted designs along the upper walls.
2007-01-26 20:05:35
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answered by lou53053 5
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztecs#City-building_and_architecture
2007-01-26 20:05:51
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answered by Joe Schmo from Kokomo 6
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Gingerbread
Not a lot of people know that.
Didn't last long.
The Gingerbread eating monster rode into town one day - and, well, the rest is history.
2007-01-26 20:03:27
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answered by Anonymous
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uhh weren't they the adobe peoples?
2007-01-26 20:05:25
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answered by Anonymous
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sacrete and lava rock
2007-01-26 20:05:29
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answered by Anonymous
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lolli pop sticks
2007-01-26 20:05:23
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answered by Anonymous
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