The Aztecs
A Very Short Introduction
Published on 15. July 2011
111 pages
978-0-19-970219-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a people profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and warfare.
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Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- 1 The city of Tenochtitlan: center of the Aztec world
- 2 Aztec foundations: Aztlan, cities, peoples
- 3 Aztec expansion through conquest and trade
- 4 Cosmovision and human sacrifice
- 5 Women and children: weavers of life and precious necklaces
- 6 Wordplay, philosophy, sculpture
- 7 The fall of the Aztec empire
- 8 The return of the Aztecs
- References
- Further reading
- Index
