The Aztecs

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General Editors Alan Kolata and Dean Snow This book is a vivid and comprehensive account of the Aztecs, the bestknown people of pre-Columbian America. It examines their origins, civilization, and the distinctive realms of their religion, science and thought. It describes the conquest of their empire by the Spanish, and their present-day survival in Central Mexico, making use of the results of the latest excavations, historical documentation, and of the author's first-hand knowledge. Praise for The Aztecs 'Even if you have read many of the earlier overviews on the Aztecs, this one is a "must". Its informative archaeological emphasis allows it to present an image of Aztec society different from other such books.' Frances F. Berdan, California State University, Journal ofthe Royal Anthropological Society 'Michael Smith's well-written and up-to-date synthesis of ethnohistory, anthropology, and archaeology offers readers a new comprehensive view of the Aztecs and their civilization that... Tovább

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General Editors Alan Kolata and Dean Snow This book is a vivid and comprehensive account of the Aztecs, the bestknown people of pre-Columbian America. It examines their origins, civilization, and the distinctive realms of their religion, science and thought. It describes the conquest of their empire by the Spanish, and their present-day survival in Central Mexico, making use of the results of the latest excavations, historical documentation, and of the author's first-hand knowledge. Praise for The Aztecs 'Even if you have read many of the earlier overviews on the Aztecs, this one is a "must". Its informative archaeological emphasis allows it to present an image of Aztec society different from other such books.' Frances F. Berdan, California State University, Journal ofthe Royal Anthropological Society 'Michael Smith's well-written and up-to-date synthesis of ethnohistory, anthropology, and archaeology offers readers a new comprehensive view of the Aztecs and their civilization that reflects the exciting research finds of recent decades - as well as their own pictographs and the chronicles of their conquerors.' Peter Winn, Tufts University, History Book Club This may be the best brief book on the Aztecs available in English.' Fredric Hicks, University of Louisville, Latin American Antiquity 'Clearly written and well organized, The Aztecs will be useful as a text and valuable to scholars for its well-grounded current synthesis of Aztec archaeology.' Deborah Nichols, Dartmouth College, Anthropological Research Michael E. Smith is Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Albany. For the last fifteen years his work has focused on Aztec sites where he often works with his wife Cynthia, alsó an archaeologist. His important excavations have transformed knowledge of Aztec daily life and the way in which their empire was established and ruled. Cover illustration: Aztec Pyramid-Temple at Santa Cecilia in Mexico City. Copyright © Werner Formán Archive Limited. Cover design by Miller, Craig and Cocking Design Partnership. Printed in Great Britain Visit our website at http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk Vissza