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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Davíd Carrasco , Scott SessionsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Greenwood Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.614kg ISBN: 9780313295584ISBN 10: 0313295581 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 28 July 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Replaced By: 9780313377440 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print ![]() Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsPreface; Chronology of Central Mexico; Cemanahuac: The Land Surrounded by Water; The World View of Balance: The Cosmic Tree and the Four Quarters; Mountains of Water: Tenochtitlan and Aztec Communities; Education and the Aztec Life Cycle: From Birth to Death and Beyond; The Social Pyramid: Maintaining Your Place and the World; Aztec Aesthetics: Flowers and Songs; Where the Jaguars Roar: Aztec Human Sacrifice as Debt Payment; The two Tongues: The Aztecs Encounter the Europeans; The Long Event of Aztec Culture; Notes; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index.Reviews?Carrasco [and] Sessions...have combined their talents to present this overview of pre-Columbian Aztec culture that reflects the latest scholarship while remaining accessible to lay readers....This excellent book is recommended for public and academic libraries.?-American Reference Books Annual Carrasco [and] Sessions...have combined their talents to present this overview of pre-Columbian Aztec culture that reflects the latest scholarship while remaining accessible to lay readers....This excellent book is recommended for public and academic libraries. -American Reference Books Annual Carrasco �and� Sessions...have combined their talents to present this overview of pre-Columbian Aztec culture that reflects the latest scholarship while remaining accessible to lay readers....This excellent book is recommended for public and academic libraries. -American Reference Books Annual ?Carrasco [and] Sessions...have combined their talents to present this overview of pre-Columbian Aztec culture that reflects the latest scholarship while remaining accessible to lay readers....This excellent book is recommended for public and academic libraries.?-American Reference Books Annual Author InformationDAVÍD CARRASCO is the Director of the Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Professor of History of Religions at Princeton University. His previous works include Moctezuma's Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World with Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (1992), Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire: Myths and Prophecies in the Aztec Tradition (1982 and 1992), To Change Place: Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes (1991), and Religions of Mesoamerica: Cosmovision and Ceremonial Centers (1990). SCOTT SESSIONS is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Religion at Princeton University. He is also administrative assistant and researcher at the Moses Mesoamerican Archive (Princeton University), a researcher for the Afro-American Religion: A Documentary History Project (Amherst College), and development editor for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures. He served as assistant editor for Moctezuma's Mexico: World Visions of the Aztec World (1992) and as a consultant for several documentaries and museum exhibits. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |