Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211).
Contents
Part 1: The Aztec and Miztec of Mexico : The role of environment in the valley of Mexico / Charles Gibson -- The way to empire : the Aztec / Pedro Armillas -- Huitzilopochtli / Robert C. Padden -- Late urbanism in Oaxaca: the Mixtec city-states / John Paddock -- Pre-conquest settlement patterns : sources / William T. Sanders -- Sources for a definition of pre-conquest style / Donald Robertson
Part 2: The Maya of Yucatan and Guatemala : Late horizons of Maya prehistory / Robert Wauchope -- Yucatec Maya socio-political organization at the conquest / Ralph L. Roys
Part 3: The Inca of Peru : New kingdoms and empire / Alfred Kidder II -- Late settlement patterns in Peru / Alfred Kidder II -- Aspects of Inca socio-political organization and religion at the Spanish conquest / John H. Rowe
Part 4: General : Culture and conquest: the concept of cultural crystallization / George M. Foster.
