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Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl
H.B. Nicholson
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Description for Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl
Paperback. Series: Mesoamerican Worlds. Num Pages: 432 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGH; HBJK; HBLC; HD; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Once and Future Lord of the Toltecs is the most comprehensive survey and discussion of primary documentary sources and relevant archaeological evidence available about the most enigmatic figure of ancient Mesoamerica. Probably no indigenous New World personage has aroused more interest or more controversy than this Lord of Tollan, capital of the Toltec Empire, who was merged with the prominent Feathered Serpent god, Quetzalcoatl. Speculation began soon after the Spanish Conquest brought Europeans in contact with this ambiguous figure, and scholarly inquiry has continued unabated to the present. The extant literature on this famous man/god is enormous ... Read more
Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Once and Future Lord of the Toltecs is the most comprehensive survey and discussion of primary documentary sources and relevant archaeological evidence available about the most enigmatic figure of ancient Mesoamerica. Probably no indigenous New World personage has aroused more interest or more controversy than this Lord of Tollan, capital of the Toltec Empire, who was merged with the prominent Feathered Serpent god, Quetzalcoatl. Speculation began soon after the Spanish Conquest brought Europeans in contact with this ambiguous figure, and scholarly inquiry has continued unabated to the present. The extant literature on this famous man/god is enormous ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Mesoamerican Worlds
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9780870815546
SKU
V9780870815546
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About H.B. Nicholson
H B Nicholson
Reviews for Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl
"One can agree or not with Nicholson's conclusions, but his rigor in the analysis of the sources is laudable...[A] serious and meticulous contribution to the debate over a central figure of preconquest Mexico." - Journal of Latin American Studies