论文标题
阿兹台克人的抄袭
Eclipses in the Aztec Codices
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论文摘要
本文集中在中美洲阿兹台克人时代的太阳能日食的收集，约1300年至1550年。我们列出了所有符合首都Tenochtitlan拓扑知名度的日食事件的列表。 23个日食的40条记录进入了各种阿兹台克人的手稿（抄本），通常是大量的。讨论了每个事件的历史背景，因为我们试图理解阿兹台克人对该现象的重要性。看来，这种文化对日食的关注明显少于“旧世界”中的文明。人们不了解其原因，也不像在巴比伦和中国古代那样关心天文学。此外，我们讨论了Moctezuma II彗星的传奇。事实证明，后征服者作家误认为了目击者的意义。
This paper centers on the collection of accounts on solar eclipses from the era of the Aztecs in Mesoamerica, about 1300 to 1550 AD. We present a list of all eclipse events complying with the topological visibility from the capital Tenochtitlan. Forty records of 23 eclipses entered the various Aztec manuscripts (codices), usually those of large magnitude. Each event is discussed with regard to its historical context, as we try to comprehend the importance the Aztecs gave to the phenomenon. It seems that this culture paid noticeably less attention to eclipses than the civilisations in the "Old World". People did not understand the cause of it and did not care as much about astronomy as in Babylonia and ancient China. Furthermore, we discuss the legend on the comet of Moctezuma II. It turns out that the post-conquest writers misconceived what the sighting was meant to be.
