The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan : Center and Periphery in the Aztec World

Broda, Johanna and Davíd Carrasco and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma. The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan : Center and Periphery in the Aztec World. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 184, (2)pp. Index, bibliography and glossary. Brown photographic dust jacket (spine faded to purple), lettered in white, over light tan cloth lettered in brown. Illustrated with 57 black & white photographs.

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. (OCLC)

The excavation yielded thirteen building phases and more than 8,000 objects… of Aztec society. (jacket) near fine in near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. (51606) $95