Details

Subject(s)

• Aztecs [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Author

• Sessions, Scott [Browse]

Related name

• Gale Group [Browse]

Series

• Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series [More in this series]
• The Greenwood Press daily life through history series
• Gale eBooks

Summary note

Examines the details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through the study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions.

Notes

Description based on print version record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Cemanahuac : the land surrounded by water
• The worldview 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.

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ISBN

9780313377457 ((electronic book))

OCLC

754333671

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