| Description |
xv, 255 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
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Ancient cities of the new world |
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Ancient cities of the new world.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-247) and index. |
| Contents |
List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. City and society in Aztec Central Mexico -- What is a city? -- The four dimensions of Mesoamerican urbanism -- Theoretical approach -- Aztec society and Aztec cities -- Sources of evidence -- Historical context : Toltecs and Aztecs -- 2. The roster of Aztec cities -- Early Aztec capitals -- Major Late Aztec capitals -- Other cities in the Basin of Mexico -- Cities in Morelos -- Cities in other valleys -- Small towns -- Isolated temples and ritual compounds -- The imperial capital -- 3. The founding of cities and dynasties -- Aztec concepts of cities and urbanism -- Identity politics : Chichimecs and Toltecs -- Chichimecs from the North -- Foundation rituals -- The Toltec heritage -- Organization of the Altepetl -- 4. Public architecture and the urban townscape -- Construction materials and methods -- Single-temple pyramids -- Double-temple pyramids -- Circular temples -- Ballcourts -- Shrines -- Portable altars and sacrificial stones -- Palaces -- Other public buildings -- Urban public architecture -- 5. Form, meaning, and urban planning -- Urban planning in ancient cities -- Aztec urban planning -- Levels of meaning in the built environment -- High-level meanings : cosmology and the Gods -- High-level meanings : astronomical alignments -- Architectural communication and middle-level meanings -- Form and meaning in the Aztec townscape -- 6. Life in Aztec cities -- The size of cities -- Social classes -- Public life : townscape interaction -- Private life : houses and households -- Public life, private life, and civic ritual -- Rural and urban -- Aztec urban life -- 7. Cities and their hinterlands : urban functions -- Farming and urban food supply -- Markets and commerce -- Craft production -- Cities as religious centers -- Education and elite culture -- Urban functions and the Altepetl -- 8. Cities, city-states, and Aztec urbanism -- Aztec cities as political capitals -- Kings, nobles, commoners, and cities : insights from political economy -- Models, reality, and the destruction of archaeological sites -- Aztec cities and the Mesoamerican urban tradition -- The functional approach to ancient urbanism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Aztecs -- Urban residence.
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Aztec architecture.
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Aztecs -- Antiquities.
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City planning -- Mexico -- History.
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City-states -- Mexico -- History.
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Mexico -- Antiquities.
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| ISBN |
9780813032450 (alk. paper) |
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0813032458 (alk. paper) |
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