edited by Davíd Carrasco foreword by William L. Fash
University Press of Colorado, 1999 eISBN: 978-1-60732-119-4 | Paper: 978-0-87081-509-6 Library of Congress Classification F1219.76.R45T6 1999 Dewey Decimal Classification 972.5018
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
A result of four years of cooperative research between the University of Colorado and the Templo Mayor Project of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes (formerly available as To Change Place) offers new interpretive models from the fields of archaeoastronomy, history of religion, anthropology, art history, and archaeology. Included are contributions by such noted experts as Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Davíd Carrasco, Alfredo López Austin, Doris Heyden, Richard F. Townsend, Anthony Aveni, Henry B. Nicholson, Elizabeth Boone, Felipe Solis, and Johanna Broda, with a new introduction by William Fash.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Davíd Carrasco is director of the Moses Mesoamerican Archive, professor of history of religions at Harvard University, editor of UPC's Mesoamerican Worlds series and editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures. His works include Mesoamerica's Classic Heritage, Moctezuma's Mexico, Waiting for the Dawn, Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes (University Press of Colorado), and City of Sacrifice: The Aztec Empire and the Role of Violence in Civilization (Beacon).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
About the Contributors
Foreword
Fash,
William L.
Preface
Moctezuma,
Eduardo Matos
Acknowledgments
Carrasco,
Davíd
Introduction: Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes
Carrasco,
Davíd
Part I:
New Discoveries at El Templo Mayor, Tlatelolco, and Mt. Tlaloc
1
Notes on the Oldest Sculpture of El Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan
Moctezuma,
Eduardo Matos
2
A Study of Skeletal Materials from Tlatelolco
Berrelleza,
Juan Alberto Román
3
Discovery of a Painted Mural at Tlatelolco
Arroyo,
Salvador Guil'liem
4
The Mt. Tlaloc Project
Townsend,
Richard F.
Part II:
Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes
5
The Sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca: To Change Place
Carrasco,
Davíd
6
Mapping the Ritual Landscape: Debt Payment to Tlaloc During the Month of Atlcahualo
Aveni,
Anthony F.
7
The Sacred Landscape of Aztec Calendar Festivals: Myth, Nature, and Society
Broda,
Johanna
8
Migration Histories as Ritual Performance
Boone,
Elizabeth Hill
9
The Myth of the Half-Man Who Descended from the Sky
Austin,
Alfredo López
10
The Octli Cult in Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico
Nicholson,
Henry B.
11
Dryness Before the Rains: Toxcatl and Tezcatlipoca
Heyden,
Doris
Part III:
Changing Voices
12
Reflection on the Miraculous Waters of Tenochtitlan
Sullivan,
Lawrence E.
13
Vamos a Rezar a San Marcos: A Tlapanec Pilgrimage
van der Loo,
Peter L.
14
Eating Landscape: Human Sacrifice and Sustenance in Aztec Mexico
Arnold,
Philip P.
15
Religious Rationalization and the Conversions of the Nahuas: Social Organization and Colonial Epistemology
de Alva,
J. Jorge Klor
16
Remnants of the Shaman
Day,
Jane Stevenson
Index
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edited by Davíd Carrasco foreword by William L. Fash
University Press of Colorado, 1999 eISBN: 978-1-60732-119-4 Paper: 978-0-87081-509-6
A result of four years of cooperative research between the University of Colorado and the Templo Mayor Project of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes (formerly available as To Change Place) offers new interpretive models from the fields of archaeoastronomy, history of religion, anthropology, art history, and archaeology. Included are contributions by such noted experts as Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Davíd Carrasco, Alfredo López Austin, Doris Heyden, Richard F. Townsend, Anthony Aveni, Henry B. Nicholson, Elizabeth Boone, Felipe Solis, and Johanna Broda, with a new introduction by William Fash.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Davíd Carrasco is director of the Moses Mesoamerican Archive, professor of history of religions at Harvard University, editor of UPC's Mesoamerican Worlds series and editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures. His works include Mesoamerica's Classic Heritage, Moctezuma's Mexico, Waiting for the Dawn, Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes (University Press of Colorado), and City of Sacrifice: The Aztec Empire and the Role of Violence in Civilization (Beacon).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
About the Contributors
Foreword
Fash,
William L.
Preface
Moctezuma,
Eduardo Matos
Acknowledgments
Carrasco,
Davíd
Introduction: Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes
Carrasco,
Davíd
Part I:
New Discoveries at El Templo Mayor, Tlatelolco, and Mt. Tlaloc
1
Notes on the Oldest Sculpture of El Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan
Moctezuma,
Eduardo Matos
2
A Study of Skeletal Materials from Tlatelolco
Berrelleza,
Juan Alberto Román
3
Discovery of a Painted Mural at Tlatelolco
Arroyo,
Salvador Guil'liem
4
The Mt. Tlaloc Project
Townsend,
Richard F.
Part II:
Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes
5
The Sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca: To Change Place
Carrasco,
Davíd
6
Mapping the Ritual Landscape: Debt Payment to Tlaloc During the Month of Atlcahualo
Aveni,
Anthony F.
7
The Sacred Landscape of Aztec Calendar Festivals: Myth, Nature, and Society
Broda,
Johanna
8
Migration Histories as Ritual Performance
Boone,
Elizabeth Hill
9
The Myth of the Half-Man Who Descended from the Sky
Austin,
Alfredo López
10
The Octli Cult in Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico
Nicholson,
Henry B.
11
Dryness Before the Rains: Toxcatl and Tezcatlipoca
Heyden,
Doris
Part III:
Changing Voices
12
Reflection on the Miraculous Waters of Tenochtitlan
Sullivan,
Lawrence E.
13
Vamos a Rezar a San Marcos: A Tlapanec Pilgrimage
van der Loo,
Peter L.
14
Eating Landscape: Human Sacrifice and Sustenance in Aztec Mexico
Arnold,
Philip P.
15
Religious Rationalization and the Conversions of the Nahuas: Social Organization and Colonial Epistemology
de Alva,
J. Jorge Klor
16
Remnants of the Shaman
Day,
Jane Stevenson
Index
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