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Museo del Templo Mayor: The Coyolxauhqui Monolith (INAH)

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This is the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia's own custodial record for the Coyolxauhqui Monolith at the Museo del Templo Mayor, the institution responsible for the excavation, conservation and public interpretation of the artifact since its 1978 discovery. As the holding institution's own standing record it is authoritative for provenance and custody facts. Its limit is that it is an institutional museum record rather than an independent scholarly study, so a claim about the monolith's meaning within Mexica religion, or about the broader excavation of the Templo Mayor precinct it belongs to, needs a separate archaeological or art-historical source engaging that interpretation directly.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
This is the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia's own custodial record for the Coyolxauhqui Monolith, the holding institution's own standing account of an artifact it has excavated and conserved since 1978, hence the middle tier for an institutional self-account rather than an independent scholarly study.
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The Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia's own custodial record for the Coyolxauhqui Monolith at the Museo del Templo Mayor; a standing institutional record, not a scholarly publication, good for provenance and holding-institution facts, not for the object's own history or meaning.
Custodian
Custodian Source
Yes
Custodian Body
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)
Custodian Basis
Holding institution of the artifact documented: legal custodian responsible for its conservation, catalogue record, and public interpretation.
Citation
Author
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia
Publisher
INAH
URL
https://www.templomayor.inah.gob.mx/
Source Type
Museum
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Coyolxauhqui, Deities

This source names Coyolxauhqui directly: "own custodial record for the Coyolxauhqui Monolith at the Museo del Templo Mayor, the institution responsible for the excavation, conservation and public interpretation of the artifact since its..."

Source Museo del Templo Mayor: The Coyolxauhqui Monolith (INAH)Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historiathe holders' own account
Claims Backed By This Source (25 claims)

This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 11 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Artifacts & Relics, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
  • Deities, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
  • Sacred Sites, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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