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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961205703321

Autore

Carrasco Davíd

Titolo

The Aztecs : a very short introduction / / Davíd Carrasco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-19-970219-5

1-283-34877-2

9786613348777

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 138 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Very short introductions

Disciplina

972

Soggetti

Aztecs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The city of Tenochtitlan : center of the Aztec world -- Aztec foundations : Aztlan, cities, peoples -- Aztec expansion through conquest and trade -- Cosmovision and human sacrifice -- Women and children : weavers of life and precious necklaces -- Wordplay, philosophy, sculpture -- The fall of the Aztec empire -- The return of the Aztecs.

Sommario/riassunto

This text presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life.