THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF
THE AZTECS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Nichols, Deborah L., editor. | Rodrguez-Alegra, Enrique, editor.
Title: The Oxford handbook of the Aztecs / edited by Deborah L. Nichols and Enrique Rodrguez-Alegra.
Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016. |
Series: Oxford handbooks | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016010926 (print) | LCCN 2016011519 (ebook) | ISBN 9780199341962 (hardback) | ISBN 9780190634179 (eBook) | ISBN 9780199341979 (eBook) | ISBN 9780190634162 (eBook)
Subjects: LCSH: Aztecs.
Classification: LCC F1219.73 .O94 2016 (print) | LCC F1219.73 (ebook) | DDC 972dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016010926
CONTENTS
ENRIQUE RODRGUEZ-ALEGRA AND DEBORAH L. NICHOLS
EDUARDO MATOS MOCTEZUMA
JUAN JOS BATALLA ROSADO
MARA DE LOURDES GALLARDO PARRODI
LUIS M. GAMBOA CABEZAS AND ROBERT H. COBEAN
L. J. GORENFLO AND CHRISTOPHER P. GARRATY
ENRIQUE FLORESCANO
ANTHONY F. AVENI
ELIZABETH HILL BOONE
JANE H. HILL
LANE F. FARGHER, RICHARD E. BLANTON, AND VERENICE Y. HEREDIA ESPINOZA
MICHEL R. OUDIJK AND MARA CASTAEDA DE LA PAZ
EMILY MCCLUNG DE TAPIA AND DIANA MARTNEZ YRIZAR
LOURDES MRQUEZ MORFN AND REBECCA STOREY
MICHAEL E. SMITH
JOS LUIS DE ROJAS
SUSAN TOBY EVANS
KRISTIN DE LUCIA
CHRISTOPHER T. MOREHART
KENNETH HIRTH AND DEBORAH L. NICHOLS
JOHN K. MILLHAUSER
DOROTHY HOSLER
ALEJANDRO PASTRANA AND DAVID M. CARBALLO
CYNTHIA L. OTIS CHARLTON AND ALEJANDRO PASTRANA
LEAH D. MINC
GEOFFREY MCCAFFERTY AND SHARISSE MCCAFFERTY
CAROLINE DODDS PENNOCK
ALFREDO LPEZ AUSTIN
JAMES M. TAGGART
MICHAEL E. SMITH AND FREDERIC HICKS
FRANCES F. BERDAN
MARCO ANTONIO CERVERA OBREGN
MALLE SERGHERAERT
GERARDO GUTIRREZ
MARCIE L. VENTER
MARC N. LEVINE
PATRICIA PLUNKET AND GABRIELA URUUELA
LANE F. FARGHER, RICHARD E. BLANTON, AND VERENICE Y. HEREDIA ESPINOZA
ANNA S. COHEN AND CHRISTOPHER T. FISHER
R. ALAN COVEY AND AMANDA S. ALAND
GUILHEM OLIVIER
WILLIAM L. BARNES
LEN GARCA GARAGARZA
ALFREDO LPEZ AUSTIN AND LEONARDO LPEZ LUJN
LISA OVERHOLTZER
PATRICIA FOURNIER G. and CYNTHIA L. OTIS CHARLTON
ENRIQUE RODRGUEZ-ALEGRA
LOUISE M. BURKHART
RAY HERNNDEZ-DURN
ALAN R. SANDSTROM
1. Metropolitan Cathedral and Tabernacle.
2. Centro Cultural de Espaa.
3. Donceles #97.
4. Plaza Manuel Gamio.
5. Guatemala #38.
6. Palacio del Marqus del Apartado.
7. Luis Gonzlez Obregn #25.
8. Palacio Nacional.
9. Moneda #11.
10. Argentina #15, Librera Porra.
11. Licenciado Verdad #2-8.
12. Justo Sierra #33.
13. Correo Mayor #11.
Amanda S. Aland (Southern Methodist University)
Anthony F. Aveni (Colgate University)
William L. Barnes (University of St. Thomas)
Juan Jos Batalla Rosado (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Frances F. Berdan (California State University, San Bernardino)
Richard E. Blanton (Purdue University)
Elizabeth Hill Boone (Tulane University)
Louise M. Burkhart (University at Albany, State University of New York)
David M. Carballo (Boston University)
Mara Castaeda de la Paz (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mxico)
Marco Antonio Cervera Obregn (Universidad Anhuac Mxico)
Robert H. Cobean (Instituto Nacional de Antropologa e Historia)
Anna S. Cohen (University of Washington)
R. Alan Covey (University of Texas at Austin)
Kristin De Lucia (Colgate University)
Caroline Dodds Pennock (University of Sheffield)
Susan Toby Evans (Pennsylvania State University)
Lane F. Fargher (Departamento de Ecologa Humana, Cinvestav del IPNUnidad Mrida)
Christopher T. Fisher (Colorado State University)
Enrique Florescano (Instituto Nacional de Antropologa e Historia)
Patricia Fournier G. (Escuela Nacional de Antropologa e Historia)
Mara de Lourdes Gallardo Parrodi (Instituto Nacional de Antropologa e Historia)
Luis M. Gamboa Cabezas (Instituto Nacional de Antropologa e Historia)
Len Garca Garagarza (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Christopher P. Garraty (Logan Simpson)
L. J. Gorenflo (Pennsylvania State University)
Gerardo Gutirrez (University of Colorado Boulder)
Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza (Centro de Estudios Arqueolgicos, El Colegio de Michoacn)
Ray Hernndez-Durn (University of New Mexico)
Frederic Hicks (University of Louisville, deceased)
Jane H. Hill (University of Arizona)
Kenneth Hirth (Pennsylvania State University)
Dorothy Hosler (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Marc N. Levine (Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma)
Alfredo Lpez Austin (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mxico)
Leonardo Lpez Lujn (Instituto Nacional de Antropologa e Historia, Museo del Templo Mayor)
Lourdes Mrquez Morfn (Escuela Nacional de Antropologa e Historia)
Diana Martnez Yrizar (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mxico)
Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (Instituto Nacional de Antropologa e Historia)
Geoffrey McCafferty (University of Calgary)
Sharisse McCafferty (University of Calgary)
Emily McClung de Tapia (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mxico)
John K. Millhauser (North Carolina State University)
Leah D. Minc (Oregon State University)
Christopher T. Morehart (Arizona State University)
Deborah L. Nichols (Dartmouth College)
Guilhem Olivier (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mxico)
Cynthia L. Otis Charlton (Independent Scholar)
Michel R. Oudijk (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mxico)
Lisa Overholtzer (McGill University)
Alejandro Pastrana (Instituto Nacional de Antropologa e Historia)
Patricia Plunket (Universidad de las Americas Puebla)
Enrique Rodrguez-Alegra