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Aztec archaeology and ethnohistory /

This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of Aztec culture, applying interdisciplinary approaches (archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography) to reconstructing the complex and enigmatic civilization. Frances F. Berdan offers a balanced assessment of complementary and sometimes contradictory sources...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berdan, Frances F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:Cambridge world archaeology.
Subjects:
Aztecs > Historiography.
Aztecs > Social life and customs.
Aztecs > Antiquities.
Ethnohistory > Mexico.
Mexico > Antiquities.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Setting the Stage: Discovering, uncovering, and interpreting the Aztec world
  • The Aztecs as Mesoamericans
  • Part II. Aztec Society and Culture
  • Living on the land
  • Craft specialization, commerce, and trade
  • City-states and imperial rule
  • Living as an Aztec: social status and daily life
  • Religion, science, and the arts
  • The Aztec world: an integrated view.