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Discoveries: Aztecs (Discoveries)
by Serge Gruzinski  Synopsis The Aztecs were noted for their impressive architecture, majestic sculpture, luxurious clothing, and fine goldworking--but they also practiced human sacrifice. The seemingly contradictory aspects of this fascinating culture are examined here, from its...
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Daily Life of the Aztecs
by Jacques Soustelle Publisher Comments The Aztecs were fierce, honorable, death-obsessed, and profoundly religious. A famed scholar evokes the life of this complex culture on the eve of its extinction, when the Spanish arrived and conquered them--imprisoning Montezuma and strangling Atahualpa....
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Aztecs: An Interpretation
by Inga Clendinnen Publisher Comments Inga Clendinnen creates a vivid and dramatic picture of life in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, once the nerve centre of the Aztec tribute empire. She explores the worlds of Aztec women, of priests and of warriors, in an extraordinary recreation of...
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Lost Empires: Ancient Aztec and Maya: The Extraordinary History of 3000 Years of Mesoamerican Civilization with Over 270 Photographs and Illustrations
by David Jones Synopsis This book unveils the lost world of the Aztec, Maya and many other peoples found by the European conquistadors....
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Aztecs & Conquistadores: The Spanish Invasion & the Collapse of the Aztec Empire
by John Pohl Synopsis The Spanish conquest of Mexico was a remarkable military expedition that had a huge impact on the history of the world. Hernan Cortes led the expedition, the aim of which was the addition of Mexico to the Spanish Empire, and the extraction of Aztec...
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Broken Spears Aztec Account Exp Edition
by Migue Leon Portilla Publisher Comments 'In this updated edition of the classic THE BROKEN SPEARS, Leon-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. Those texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints...
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Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs (Brassey's Military Profiles)
by Peter Tsouras Publisher Comments Places Aztec civilization and history in the context of world history Montezuma (ca. 1466-1520), who had been educated as a priest and had served well as a military commander, ascended to the Aztec throne in about 1502 on the basis of his military record...
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Moctezuma's Mexico :visions of the Aztec world
by David Carrasco Book News Annotation Over 150 photographs of artifacts, buildings, and manuscripts, combine with four essays to present a nonacademic exploration of Mexico's final pre-Columbian empire. Coordinated with (but not the catalog for) an exhibit at the Denver Museum of Natural...
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Time and Sacrifice in the Aztec Cosmos (Religion in North America)
by Kay Almere Read Synopsis This introduction to the imaginative world of the Mexica (or Aztec) explores sacrifice in the richly textured life of 16th-century Mexico. Kay Almere Read describes a universe in which every object was timed by a given lifespan and in which sacrifice was...
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The Aztecs: History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization
by Davide Domenici Publisher Comments Modern peoples have always been fascinated with the iconic architecture, mystical religious beliefs, and once-thriving societies of the ancient Aztecs. From the fertile areas of the Oaxaca Valley and the Valley of Mexico to the great deserts of the north,...
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The Everyday Life of Aztec & Maya: The Story of the Great Central American Civilizations with Over 300 Illustrations, Photographs, Maps and Plans
by Charles Phillips Synopsis Find out how the Aztec, Maya, Mixtecs, Tarascans and Olmecs lived - explore the excitement of the sacred ballgame, the cult of violence, the drama of ritual sacrifice, and the sacred culture of the land of the sun god.- Find out how the Aztecs, Maya...
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Daily Life of the Aztecs, on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest: On the Eve of the Spanish Conquest
by Jacques Soustelle Publisher Comments “Soustelle’s great book about the Aztecs . . . takes us deep into the life of this great society. . . . Soustelle has the rare quality of entering into the minds of those he is studying and seeing things from their point of view. . . . [His...
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The Art & Architecture of the Aztec & Maya: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Buildings, Sculptures and Art of the Peoples of Mesoamerica, with Over
by Charles Phillips Synopsis The book goes on to discuss and illustrate the beauty of the colossal stone sculptures of the Toltec, and the magnificent jade carvings of the Olmec, and the turquoise mosaics of the Aztec. The book has a highly visual approach, with over 230...
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The Aztecs
by Brenda Ralph Lewis Publisher Comments The Aztec empire centered on Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) embraced nearly all the peoples of central America during the 15th and early 16th centuries. Renowned for their architecture, agriculture, jewelry and textiles, the Aztecs also developed a...
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Civilization of the American Indian #67: Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind
by Migue Leon Portilla Review "León-Portilla reminds us that the New World, conquered so long ago by Europeans, still cries out for attention and understanding. As the legend of the plumed Serpent reveals, the present can gather new life from an adventure into the past. Few books...
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Aztecs & Maya
by Nick James Publisher Comments This overview of the whole of Middle America from earliest times to today begins by tracing the first development of villages and chiefdoms and the role of the Olmecs in unifying the region. The core of the book is devoted to the gigantic monuments of...
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Handbook to Life in the Aztec World (Handbook to Life)
by Manu Aguilar Moreno Publisher Comments Since its violent dissolution in 1521, the Aztec Empire of Mexico has continually intrigued us. Recent discoveries resulting from the excavation of the Templo Mayor in the heart of Mexico City have taught us even more about this fascinating culture. The...
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Aztecs an Interpretation
by Inga Clendinnen Publisher Comments In considering the extraordinary culture of the Aztecs of Mexico it is impossible to ignore the extravagance of their practice of the ritual killing of humans. Inga Clendinnen renders those killings intelligible through investigation of a wide field of...
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Sixth Palenque Round Table, 1986
by Merle G Robertson Book News Annotation Thirty-four papers from the distinguished Maya conference address various aspects of Mayan life, including the structure of the nobility and royal privileges, religion and rituals, architecture and ceramics, art styles and iconography, demography and...
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Aztecs: An Interpretation
by Inga Clendinnen Publisher Comments In considering the extraordinary culture of the Aztecs of Mexico it is impossible to ignore the extravagance of their practice of the ritual killing of humans. Inga Clendinnen renders those killings intelligible through investigation of a wide field of...
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