Download or read book The Great Temple of the Aztecs written by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1988 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Cortes' extraordinary conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was leveled and its Great Temple demolished. In 1978, clues that led to the rediscovery of the Great Temple and the most spectacular excavations ever conducted in Mexico. Matos discovered ritual deposits containing thousands of offerings from all over the Aztec empire; jaguar skeletons, jade masks, obsidian knives, stone sculptures, and effigy vessels. Matos links these to the overall symbolism of the temple and its fearsome deities, the war and rain gods. Fully illustrated and complete with extensive quotations from 16th-century chronicles.
Download or read book The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan written by Johanna Broda and published by . This book was released on 1989-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Antropología 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.
Download or read book The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan written by Johanna Broda and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the importance of the Aztec temple from the perspectives of archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and religious historian
Download or read book Treasures of the Great Temple written by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and published by Alti Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art and symbolism of the Aztec empire.
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Download or read book A note on the position and extent of the great temple enclosure of Tenochtitlan written by Alfred Percival Maudslay and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-09 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A note on the position and extent of the great temple enclosure of Tenochtitlan" by Alfred Percival Maudslay. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book The Great Temple of the Aztecs written by Eduardo M. Moctezuma and published by . This book was released on 2000-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Cortes' extraordinary conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was leveled and its Great Temple demolished. In 1978, clues that led to the rediscovery of the Great Temple and the most spectacular excavations ever conducted in Mexico. Matos discovered ritual deposits containing thousands of offerings from all over the Aztec empire; jaguar skeletons, jade masks, obsidian knives, stone sculptures, and effigy vessels. Matos links these to the overall symbolism of the temple and its fearsome deities, the war and rain gods. Fully illustrated and complete with extensive quotations from 16th-century chronicles.
Download or read book The Art in the Great Temple written by Rubén Bonifaz Nuño and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Life and Death in the Templo Mayor written by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great temple known as the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan symbolizes the axis mundi, the Aztec center of the world, where the sky, the earth, and the underworld met. In this volume, Matos Moctezuma uses his unmatched familiarity with the archaeological details to present a concise and well-supported development of this theme.
Download or read book A Note on the Position and Extent of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan and the Position Structure and Orientation of the Teocalli of Huitzilopochtli written by Alfred Percival Maudslay and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-14 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Tenochtitlan written by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1988 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aztecs have fascinated and horrified Westerners for centuries. After Cortes' extraordinary conquest of the New World's most powerful civilization in 1521, the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was levelled and its Great Temple demolished. Soon even the location of the old cult centre was lost - until 1978, when tunnelling for Mexico City's subway system unearthed clues that led to the rediscovery of the Great Temple and the most spectacular series of excavations ever conducted in Mexico.
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Download or read book The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan written by Leonardo López Luján and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacular findings of the historic Templo Mayor Project, which took place in the heart of Mexico City from 1978 to 1997.
Download or read book The Aztecs written by David Carrasco and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry, and philosophy, who were also profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and through warfare.
Download or read book A Note on the Position and Extent of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan and the Position Structure and Orientation of the Teocalli of Huitzilopochtli written by Alfred Percival Maudslay and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
