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The Aztec Templo Mayor : a visualization / Antonio Serrato-Combe.
Penn Museum Library F1219.1.M5 S47 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Serrato-Combe, Antonio, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Templo Mayor (Mexico City, Mexico).
- Aztec architecture--Mexico--Templo Mayor (Mexico City).
- Aztec architecture.
- Mexico.
- Urban Aztecs--Mexico--Templo Mayor (Mexico City).
- Urban Aztecs.
- City planning--Mexico--Templo Mayor (Mexico City).
- City planning.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Presents fifty-five fascinating architectural conceptualizations of the preconquest temple at various stages of development. Includes 154 color plates.
- Contents:
- Aztecs, Spaniards, and the Templo Mayor
- Precedents: Tecaxic and Tula
- The Templo Mayor site and its planning
- Templo Mayor precinct uses, ritual
- Plazas, open spaces, and site relationships
- Landscaping of the precinct
- The precinct and the city
- Residential areas
- Patios and palaces
- Codices and artifacts
- Architectural considerations
- The Templo Mayor
- Ballcourts
- Scared and rule-governed spaces
- Sacrifice and the Tzompantli
- Shrines
- Templo Mayor shrines and activities
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208).
- ISBN:
- 0874806909
- OCLC:
- 47297574
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