The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan : center and periphery in the Aztec world
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The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan : center and periphery in the Aztec world
University of California Press, [1988], c1987
- pbk.
Available at 17 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 170-178
Includes index
Contents of Works
- The Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
- Templo Mayor as ritual space / Johanna Broda
- Myth, cosmic terror, and the Templo Mayor / Davíd Carrasco
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The remains of the great double pyramid of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire, came to light during the spectacular excavation project undertaken by the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia from 1978 to 1982. This volume offers three views of the Templo Mayor as the quintessential sacred space within the Aztec empire, presented in a collaborative effort by an archaeologist, an ethnohistorian, and a historian of religion.
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