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Offerings of the Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan
L.L. Lujan
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Paperback. The first excavators of the temple were surprised by the rich offerings deposited between 1325 and 1521, says L pez Luj n (Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City), but recognized their importance immediately and began special techniques to record and preserve them as a window into the symbolic-mythical-magical-religious world of the Aztecs. Neither da Num Pages: 421 pages, 83 drawings, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 205 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1095.
Between 1325 and 1521, the Mexica people of the Aztec capital ritually buried hundreds of offerings to their gods in the depths of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, where for more than five hundred years these gifts lay undiscovered. In complex religious ceremonies, sacred messages to the gods were expressed not only through these objects but through their exact and symbolic placement as well.
In this revised edition of The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, Leonardo López Luján shares and synthesizes the spectacular findings of the historic Templo Mayor Project, which took place in the heart of ... Read more
Between 1325 and 1521, the Mexica people of the Aztec capital ritually buried hundreds of offerings to their gods in the depths of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, where for more than five hundred years these gifts lay undiscovered. In complex religious ceremonies, sacred messages to the gods were expressed not only through these objects but through their exact and symbolic placement as well.
In this revised edition of The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, Leonardo López Luján shares and synthesizes the spectacular findings of the historic Templo Mayor Project, which took place in the heart of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
421
Condition
New
Number of Pages
421
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826329585
SKU
V9780826329585
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About L.L. Lujan
Leonardo Lopez Lujan
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