Daily Life of the Aztecs (Daily Life Through History) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Daily Life of the Aztecs Weaves together a narrative describing life from the bottom of the Aztec social pyramid to its top. This book describes the interaction between the material and the imaginative worlds of the Aztecs, offering insights into their communities, games, education, foodways, and arts, as well as the sacrificial rituals they performed.
Full description- Publisher: Greenwood Press
- Published: 31 July 2011
- Format: Hardback 328 pages
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- Categories: Indigenous Peoples | Social & Cultural Anthropology | History Of The Americas | Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500 | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780313377440 ISBN 10: 0313377448
- Sales rank: 594,848
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Full description for Daily Life of the Aztecs
Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as well as new discoveries in archaeology, pictorial manuscripts, and ritual practices, "Daily Life of the Aztecs, Second Edition" weaves together a narrative describing life from the bottom of the Aztec social pyramid to its top. This new and surprising interpretation of the Aztecs puts a human face on an ancient people who created beautiful art and architecture, wrote beautiful poetry, and loved their children profoundly, while also making war and human sacrifice fundamental parts of their world. The book describes the interaction between the material and the imaginative worlds of the Aztecs, offering insights into their communities, games, education, foodways, and arts, as well as the sacrificial rituals they performed. The authors also detail the evolution of the Aztec state and explores the continuity and changes in Aztec symbols, myths, and ritual practices into the present day.
