(H/B) THE AZTEC WORLD

Παρουσίαση

The Aztecs were the last of the great prehispanic civilizations of central Mexico. In their two-hundred-year history, the Aztecs grew from a band of landless nomads to become the rulers of an extensive, dazzling empire. The Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was a large, diverse city of 150.000 - 200.000 people. Government officials, military officers, skilled artisans, priests, curers, and cosmopolitan merchants rubbed shoulders in the city streets. Well-ordered roadways and canals linked the capital to agricultural fields in the Aztec heartland, to the tribute-paying provinces, and to foreign markets beyond.
Whitewashed temples linked the Aztecs to their gods, who were nourished with the hearts and blood of sacrificial victims, preferably vigorous enemy captives taken in warfare. This brief, brilliant civilization was brought to an end by the allied forces of Spanish soldiers and thousands of rebellious indigenous people.
The Aztec World is an illustrated survey of the Aztecs based on insightful research by a team of international experts from the United States and Mexico. In addition to traditional subjects like cosmology, religion, human sacrifice, and political history, this book covers such concerns as the environment and agriculture, health and disease, women and social status, and urbanism. It also discusses the effects of European conquests on Aztec culture and society, in addition to offering contemporary perspectives on their civilization.
The text is accompanied by colorful illustrations and photographs of artifacts from the best collections in Mexico, including those of the Museo del Templo Mayor and the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, as well as pieces from new archaeological excavations and virtual reconstructions of lost artwork. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

FOREWORDS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Field Museum, Chicago
Institute National de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico
Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico
Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico
INTRODUCTION: THE AZTEC WORLD IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Elizabeth M. Brumfiel and Gary M. Feinman
MEXICA POLITICAL HISTORY
Frederic Hicks
ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL ECONOMY
Jeffrey R. Parsons
HEALTH AND DISEASE AMONG THE AZTECS
Juan Alberto Roman Berrelleza
TENOCHTITLAN IN 1519: A PRE-INDUSTRIAL MEGALOPOLIS
William T. Sanders
AZTEC WOMEN: CAPABLE PARTNERS AND COSMIC ENEMIES
Elizabeth M. Brumfiel
ARTISANS, MARKETS, AND MERCHANTS
Deborah L. Nichols
THE AZTEC EMPIRE
Michael E. Smith
AZTEC HUMAN SACRIFICE
Alfredo Lopez Austin and Leonardo Lopez Lujar
THE ART OF THE AZTEC ERA
Felipe Solis Olguin
AZTEC WRITING AND HISTORY
Elizabeth Hill Boone
THE AZTECS AFTER THE CONQUEST
Enrique Rodriguez-Alegria
THE AZTEC WORLD'S PRESENCE IN COLONIAL AND MODERN MEXICO
Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
IMAGINING A PLACE FOR AZTLAN: CHICANISMO AND THE AZTECS IN ART AND RESISTANCE
David Carrasco
CONTRIBUTORS
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
INDEX