LEADER 04725nam 22007214a 450 001 9910817888903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79488-6 024 7 $a10.7560/716650 035 $a(CKB)1000000000479644 035 $a(OCoLC)183881296 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245655 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000257188 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193141 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257188 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10227656 035 $a(PQKB)10377726 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443188 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1982 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443188 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245655 035 $a(DE-B1597)586768 035 $a(OCoLC)1286806883 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292794887 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000479644 100 $a20070226d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Teotihuacan trinity $ethe sociopolitical structure of an ancient Mesoamerican city /$fAnnabeth Headrick 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (227 p.) 225 1 $aThe William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71665-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-202) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tPreface -- $tChapter 1. Approaching the City -- $tChapter 2. The Invisible Kings -- $tChapter 3. Ancestral Foundations -- $tChapter 4. Animals, Cannibals, and the Military -- $tChapter 5. A Marriage of Convenience: The King and the Military -- $tChapter 6. The Gods Did It: The Divine Sanction of Power -- $tChapter 7. Teotihuacan Jihad -- $tChapter 8. Fiesta Teotihuacan Style -- $tChapter 9. Continuities and Power -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aNortheast of modern-day Mexico City stand the remnants of one of the world's largest preindustrial cities, Teotihuacan. Monumental in scale, Teotihuacan is organized along a three-mile-long thoroughfare, the Avenue of the Dead, that leads up to the massive Pyramid of the Moon. Lining the avenue are numerous plazas and temples, which indicate that the city once housed a large population that engaged in complex rituals and ceremonies. Although scholars have studied Teotihuacan for over a century, the precise nature of its religious and political life has remained unclear, in part because no one has yet deciphered the glyphs that may explain much about the city's organization and belief systems. In this groundbreaking book, Annabeth Headrick analyzes Teotihuacan's art and architecture, in the light of archaeological data and Mesoamerican ethnography, to propose a new model for the city's social and political organization. Challenging the view that Teotihuacan was a peaceful city in which disparate groups united in an ideology of solidarity, Headrick instead identifies three social groups that competed for political power?rulers, kin-based groups led by influential lineage heads, and military orders that each had their own animal insignia. Her findings provide the most complete evidence to date that Teotihuacan had powerful rulers who allied with the military to maintain their authority in the face of challenges by the lineage heads. Headrick's analysis also underscores the importance of warfare in Teotihuacan society and clarifies significant aspects of its ritual life, including shamanism and an annual tree-raising ceremony that commemorated the Mesoamerican creation story. 410 0$aWilliam & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere. 606 $aAztecs$zMexico$zSan Juan Teotihuacan$xPolitics and government 606 $aAztecs$zMexico$zSan Juan Teotihuacan$xRites and ceremonies 606 $aAztecs$zMexico$zSan Juan Teotihuacan$xAntiquities 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zMexico$zSan Juan Teotihuacan 606 $aSocial archaeology$zMexico$zSan Juan Teotihuacan 607 $aTeotihuacan Site (San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico) 607 $aSan Juan Teotihuacan (Mexico)$xAntiquities 615 0$aAztecs$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aAztecs$xRites and ceremonies. 615 0$aAztecs$xAntiquities. 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 615 0$aSocial archaeology 676 $a972 700 $aHeadrick$b Annabeth$01609708 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817888903321 996 $aThe Teotihuacan trinity$93937076 997 $aUNINA