The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan: Center and Periphery in the Aztec World - Hardcover

Broda, Johanna; Carrasco, David; Moctezuma, Eduardo Matos

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520056027 ISBN 13: 9780520056022

Publisher: University of California Press, 1987

Synopsis

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 Antropología 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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About the Author:

Johanna Broda is Professor at the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Davíd Carrasco is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Director of the Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project. Eduardo Matos Moctezuma is Professor of Archaeology at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia and Director of the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City.

Review:

"An interesting book [that] provokes our thinking about the role of symbolism in ordering Mexican society." -- H. R. Harvey, Ethno-History

"The essays that compose this volume concern the excavations of the Templo Mayor, the Vatican of the Aztec Empire. . . . The material is so fascinating that a layman's interest in the nature of humanity is all that is needed to hold one's attention." -- Tony Hillerman, Los Angeles Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0520056027
• ISBN 13: 9780520056022
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198