![]() Periodically, throughout the ritual year, the Mexica fashioned images out of wood, which they covered with tzoalli, or amaranth seed dough, shaped in human form. ![]() ![]() Then, too, the Mexica, like contemporary Mexicans, incorporated anthropomorphic sweets into their religious ceremonies. Much of the justification for claiming pre-Columbian antecedents derives from such ancient Mesoamerican iconography, with its undeniable plethora of skulls and skeletons, corresponding to the equally plentiful presence of similar motifs during the Day of the Dead today.
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