Aztec ceremonial landscapes edited by Davíd Carrasco ; foreword by William L. Fash.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carrasco, Davíd.

Standardized Title:

To change place.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacred space--Mexico.

Sacred space.

Nahuas--Rites and ceremonies.

Nahuas.

Aztecs--Rites and ceremonies.

Aztecs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; About the Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes; Part I: New Discoveries at El Templo Mayor, Tlatelolco, and Mt. Tlaloc; 1. Notes on the Oldest Sculpture of El Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan; 2. A Study of Skeletal Materials from Tlatelolco; 3. Discovery of a Painted Mural at Tlatelolco; 4. The Mt. Tlaloc Project; Part II: Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes; 5. The Sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca: To Change Place; 6. Mapping the Ritual Landscape: Debt Payment to Tlaloc During the Month of Atlcahualo

7. The Sacred Landscape of Aztec Calendar Festivals: Myth, Nature, and Society8. Migration Histories as Ritual Performance; 9. The Myth of the Half-Man Who Descended from the Sky; 10. The Octli Cult in Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico; 11. Dryness Before the Rains: Toxcatl and Tezcatlipoca; Part III: Changing Voices; 12. Reflection on the Miraculous Waters of Tenochtitlan; 13. Vamos a Rezar a San Marcos: A Tlapanec Pilgrimage; 14. Eating Landscape: Human Sacrifice and Sustenance in Aztec Mexico

15. Religious Rationalization and the Conversions of the Nahuas: Social Organization and Colonial Epistemology 16. Remnants of the Shaman; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781607321194

160732119X

9780585035079

0585035075

OCLC:

912317934