Central to Aztec obstetrics, the General History explains, was the tlamatlquiticitl, or midwife. While noblewomen could expect to be cared for by a midwifery team, women lower down the social ...

Responding to Americans' fondness for empires while keeping the focus on the lifestyles of the farmers, artisans, merchants and women of Aztec society, the museum team invented the slogan "farmers ...