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The landing of Hernan Cortes in Mexico in 1519 marked the end of the Aztec Empire. Spectacular, sometimes unpublished finds presented in this volume demonstrate the wealth of this culture while providing comprehensive insight into the fascinating history of the Aztec Empire. Renowned experts tell of...

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Main Authors: de Castro, Inés, Aguilar-Moreno, Manuel (Author), Barrera Rodríguez, Raúl (Author), Bayer, Ehrentraud (Author), Berdan, Frances F. (Author), Berger, Martin (Martin E.) (Editor), Bussel, Gerard W. van (Author), Castro, Inés de, 1968- (Editor), Chávez Balderas, Ximena (Author), Evans, Susan Toby, 1945- (Author), Hinz, Felix (Author), Islas, Ivonne Athie (Author), Jansen, Maarten E. R. G. N (Maarten Evert Reinoud Gerard Nicolaas), 1952- (Author), Kurella, Doris (Editor), López Luján, Leonardo (Author), Macuil Martinez, Raúl, 1976- (Author), Mundy, Barbara E. (Author), Olivier, Guilhem, 1962- (Author), Olko, Justyna (Author), Pérez Jiménez, Gabina Aurora (Author), Rojas Martínez Gracida, Araceli (Author), Snijders, Ludo (Author)
Corporate Authors: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico) (Contributor, organizer of exhibition,), Linden-Museum Stuttgart (organizer of exhibition,)
Other Authors: Matos Moctezuma, Eduardo (author of introduction)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Spanish
Published: Stuttgart, Germany : Wien : Leiden, Netherlands : Munich, Germany : Linden-Museum ; Weltmuseum ; Museum Volkenkunde ; Hirmer, [2020]
Edition:English edition
Subjects:
Aztec art > Exhibitions
Aztecs > Antiquities > Exhibitions
Aztecs > Civilization > Exhibitions
Aztecs > History > Exhibitions
Antiquities
Aztec art
Aztecs
Aztecs > Antiquities
Mexico > Antiquities > Exhibitions
Mexico
Essays
Exhibition catalogs
History
Illustrated works
Table of Contents:
  • Words of welcome / Winfried Kretschmann
  • Words of welcome / Alejandra Frausto Guerrero
  • Preface and acknowledgements / Inés de Castro
  • Introduction / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
  • Meso-America / Ivonne Athie Islas
  • The sources / Martin Berger
  • The archaeology of Tenochtitlan / Leonardo López Luján
  • Mexican codices : an introduction / Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez
  • The written sources on the Aztec culture and the Spanish conquest / Felix Hinz
  • The political economy in the Basin of Mexico / Doris Kurella
  • Geography, ecology, cultivated plants and nutritional crops / Ehrentraud Bayer
  • Mexica-Aztec society and government / Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
  • Markets, merchants and tribute in the Aztec empire / Frances F. Berdan
  • The migration of the Mexica and the founding of Tenochtitlan / Martin Berger
  • Tenochtitlan : layout, planning and urban life / Barbara E. Mundy
  • The Aztec palace / Susan Toby Evans
  • Aztec rule and insignia / Justyna Olko
  • Toltecayotl, the Aztec artisans / Ludo Snijders
  • Three works of ancient Mexican feather art in Vienna / Gerard van Bussel
  • Xolotl or Quetzalcoatl? / Inés de Castro
  • Two Aztec feathered shields from the Württemberg art room / Inés de Castro
  • The Sacred Precinct of Tenochtitlan / Leonardo López Luján
  • The foundational myths of the Aztecs / Guilhem Olivier
  • The 260-day calendar / Araceli Rojas Martínez Gracida
  • The Templo Mayor / Leonardo López Luján
  • The House of Eagles / Leonardo López Luján
  • The Huei Tzompantli, the Ball Court and the Temple of Ehecatl Quetzalcoatl : a trilogy of recent discoveries / Raúl Barrera Rodríguez
  • Sacrifice in ancient Mexico / Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez
  • Bioarchaeology at the Sacred Precinct of Tenochtitlan / Ximena Chávez Balderas
  • Nican tiistoque! ("Here we are!") / Raul Macuil Martínez

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