Códice de Santa María Asunción

The Códice de Santa María Asunción is mid-16th century Mesoamerican pictorial codex, containing censuses of twelve rural communities in Tepetlaoztoc.

Analysis of this codice along with Codex Vergara have revealed details of a complex land survey system utilized by the Aztecs including the ability to calculate the areas of irregular plots of land.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Zarembo, Alan (April 8, 2008). "Aztec math finally adds up". Los Angeles Times. pp. A10.
  • Williams, Barbara J.; Harvey, H. R. (1997). The Códice De Santa María Asunción : Facsimile and Commentary : Households and Lands in Sixteenth-century Tepetlaoztoc. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. ISBN 0-87480-522-8. 


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