The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan: Center and Periphery in the Aztec World

By Davíd Carrasco, Johanna Broda, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

Book Overview

The remains of the great double pyramid of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire, came to light during the spectacular excavation project undertaken by the Instituto Nacional de Antropolog a e Historia from 1978 to 1982. This volume offers three views of the Templo Mayor as the quintessential sacred space within the Aztec empire, presented in a collaborative effort by an archaeologist, an ethnohistorian, and a historian of religion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520056027
• ISBN13: 9780520056022
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.8" x 7.3"