The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan Center and Periphery in the Aztec World |
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| Author:
| Broda, Johanna
Carrasco, David
Moctezuma, Eduardo Matos |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-06597-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1989 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.50 |
Book Description:
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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 Antropolog#65533;a 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.
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 Antropolog#65533;a 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.