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Cold-hammering was used in the late Stone Age to produce plates of gold for ornamental purposes, and this metal has always been synonymous with beauty, wealth and power. Considerable quantities were accumulated by ancient peoples. The coffin of Tutankhamun (a minor Pharaoh who was only 18 when he died) contained no less than 112 kg of gold, and the legendary Aztec and Inca hoards in Mexico and Peru were a major reason for the Spanish conquests of Central and South America in the early sixteenth century. Today, the greatest hoard of gold is the 30000 tonnes of bullion (i.e. bars) lying in the vaults of the US Federal Reserve Bank... 

Carmine is a colored pigment extracted from the female insect Coccus cacti or Dactylopius coccus, or its eggs. These insects live on prickly pear cactus in Mexico. The Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes brought the dye to Europe after seeing the Aztecs use it. 

Ampaya, J.P. and Rinker, R.G. (1974) Kinetics Computer Programs for Chemical Engineeering Education, Ed. M.Reilly, Aztec Publ.Co. C.A.Ch.E. Comm. AIChE. 

Wiedemann, H. G. (1995), Paper investigations in Maya and Aztec cultures, in Vandiver, P. B., J. R. Druzik, J. L. Galvan Madrid, I. C. Freestone, and G. S. Wheeler (eds.), Material Issues in Art and Archaeology, paper 4, Symp. Proc. Materials Research Society, Pittsburg, Vol. 352, pp. 711-722. 

Such alkaloids can be found particularly in the Myristicaceae, Malpighiaceae, Rutaceae, Apocynaceae, Rubiaceae, Loganiaceae, and Convolvulaceae. Such compounds are also found in mushrooms from the genera Conocybe, Panaeolus, Psilocybe, and Stropharia (Agaricaceae), which where used by the Aztecs of pre-Columbian America for their psilocin. 

Lutein E161(b) Lemon yellow Aztec marigolds or alfalfa... 

Lutein [E161 (b)J. Lutein is one of the four most common carotenoids found in nature. The EU classifies it as E161(b). Chemically, lutein is a xanthophyll and is similar to P-carotene. Although lutein occurs in all green leafy vegetation, egg yolks and in some flowers the commercial sources are the petals of the Aztec marigold and, to a lesser extent, alfalfa. 

Peyote is a common term for two species of cactus, Lophophora williamsii and L. diffusa, native to Mexico and Texas. Archaeological specimens suggest that peyote has been used ceremonially for perhaps as many as 8,000 years. Known to the Aztecs as peyotl, the ritual use of this cactus has persisted among... 

Siegel, R. K., Collings, P. R., and Diaz, J. L. (1977) On the use of Tagetes lucida and Nicotiana rustica as a Huichol smoking mixture The Aztec Yahutli with suggestive hallucinogenic effects. Economic Botany, 31 16-23. 

Mescaline and related alkaloids are found in varying amounts in cacti of the genera Lophophora, Gymnacalycium, Stensonia, Mammillaria, Ariocarpus, Opuntia, Trichocereus, Pelecyphora, and probably others. Members of the Native American Church do quite well with the dried cactus, but extraction of mescaline is desirable since the pure compound seems to produce fewer unpleasant side effects (e.g., nausea). For an excellent review on the occurrence and chemistry of the mescaline type compounds, see JPS 59,1699(1970) (cf. JPS 60,655(1971)). Various species of these cacti occur in southwestern U.S. as well as Central and South America and have been used by the Aztecs and others for millennia. For a good review of peyote see Lloydia 36,1-58(1973). 

Use of these mushrooms was well known to Native American civilizations in Central America. The Aztec referred to them as Teonanacatl, meaning "divine flesh," or "god flesh" and reserved them for use in religious ceremonies. Religious use of hallucinogenic mushrooms is also known to the Mazatec, Chinantec, Mije, Zapotec, and Mixtec of Oaxaca. The Mazatec still actively employ mushrooms in religious ceremonies, referring to them as Nti-si-tho. There is evidence that mushrooms were also used by the Maya. 

The European bubonic plague of 1347 killed one-third of the population of Europe. It is the largest single plague ever recorded. The disappearance of the Aztec civilization was spurred by smallpox and measles introduced by Hernando Cortes and his band of Spanish invaders. The same diseases also decimated Native Americans in what is now the United States. Much more recently, the influenza epidemic of 1918 killed an estimated 40 million people worldwide. Malaria continues to be a major problem for people and their countries today in areas in which it is endemic. AIDS, tuberculosis, influenza, hepatitis, pneumonia, and a lengthy list of parasitic infections continue as important constraints on the welfare of people throughout the world. 

Initially, Cortez defeated the Tlascalans, and then formed an alliance with them to defeat the Aztecs, their enemies. Because of an Aztec prophecy about the return of Quetzacoatl, a legendary god-king who was light skinned and bearded, Cortez was believed to be a god and was received by the Aztecs with honor. Later, this warm welcome turned to mistrust and hatred when the Spaniards mistreated the Aztec people. Eventually, the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, fell to the Spaniards. Cortez had Tenochtitlan razed and built Mexico City on its ruins. 

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