Introduction • I. Coronation at Tenochtitlan • II. Urban Traditions, Tribal Peoples III. New Strategies, New Conquests • IV. Aztec Religion and World View • V. Aztec People and the Cycle of Life • VI. The Conquest of Mexico
The Aztecs were among the most dynamic and feared peoples of ancient Mexico, and Richard Townsend’s masterly study presents a vivid account of their story
Richard Townsend is Curator of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago.
'A remarkably fresh and beautifully produced scholarly study … you
will read it with pleasure' - The Times Literary Supplement
'Comprehensive, exceedingly well-researched. … Highly recommended
for the general reader or as the best available introduction to a
complex subject' - William S. Dancey, Ohio State University
'Essential purchase for the Mesoamerican shelf' - Antiquity
'A remarkably fresh and beautifully produced scholarly study ...
you will read it with pleasure' - The Times Literary Supplement
'Comprehensive, exceedingly well-researched. ... Highly recommended
for the general reader or as the best available introduction to a
complex subject' - William S. Dancey, Ohio State University
'Essential purchase for the Mesoamerican shelf' - Antiquity
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