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City of sacrifice : the Aztec empire and the role of violence in civilization /

Title:
City of sacrifice : the Aztec empire and the role of violence in civilization /
Author:
Carrasco, Davíd.
Published:
Boston : c1999.
Format:
Book
Institution:
MassArt
Contents:
Introduction. Performing the city of sacrifice -- 1. City as symbol in Aztec thought : some clues from the Codex Mendoza -- 2. Templo Mayor : the Aztec vision of place -- 3. The new fire ceremony and the binding of the years : Tenochtitlan's fearful symmetry -- 4. The sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca : to change place -- 5. Give me some skin : the charisma of the Aztec warrior -- 6. Cosmic jaws : we ear the Gods and the Gods eat us -- 7. The sacrifice of women : the hearts of plants and makers of war games -- 8. When warriors became walls, when the mountain of water crumbled.

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Library holdings:
MassArt Main
F1219.3.R38 C28 1999Available