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In this study of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica, Ross Hassig offers new insight into three thousand years of Mesoamerican history, from roughly 1500 B.C. to the Spanish conquest. He examines the methods, purposes, and values of warfare as practiced by the major pre-Columbian societies and shows how warfare affected the rise of the state.
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Indians of Mexico--Wars, Indians of Mexico--History, Aztecs--Wars, Aztecs--History, Teotihuacn Site (San Juan Teotihuacn, Mexico) , Mexico--Antiquities.
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1992
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F1219.3.W37H37 1992eb
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Indians of Mexico--Wars, Indians of Mexico--History, Aztecs--Wars, Aztecs--History, Teotihuacn Site (San Juan Teotihuacn, Mexico) , Mexico--Antiquities.
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War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica
Ross Hassig
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London
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University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd. London, England
Copyright 1992 by the Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hassig, Ross, 1945 War and society in ancient Mesoamerica / Ross Hassig. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-520-07734-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Indians of MexicoWars. 2. Indians of MexicoHistory. 3. AztecsWars. 4. AztecsHistory. 5. Teotihuacn Site (San Juan Teotihuacn, Mexico) 6. MexicoAntiquities. I. Title. F1219.3.W37H37 1992 972.52dc2091-42635 CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
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For my wife, Debra Higgs Hassig Without whose support, encouragement, and assistance this book could not have been written
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Contents
Acknowledgments
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1. The Approach to War
1
2. The Rise of Warfare in Mesoamerica
12
3. Warfare and the Spread of States
30
4. Teotihuacan and the Integration of Mesoamerica
45
5. The Impact Beyond the Empire
62
6. The Fall of Teotihuacan and Its Aftermath
82
7. The Late Classic Interregnum
94
8. The Reintegration of Mesoamerica
110
9. The Aztec Era
135
10. Patterns of Warfare in Mesoamerica
165
Notes
181
References
261
Index
313
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Acknowledgments
Thanks are owed to many people for assistance in the writing of this bookmany more than will be named here, because ideas, information, and inspiration need not be major efforts but are frequently conveyed offhandedly and often come from unlikely sources. Although I am thanking only those who directly assisted in this project, my debts spread considerably farther.
Where help has been of a specific nature, I have acknowledged its providers in the notes. There are always some whose help has been more general, and among these, I would like to thank John Justeson of the State University of New York at Albany and Jim Fox of Stanford University for help with Maya archaeology and epigraphy. I also owe thanks to Esther Pasztory of Columbia University and Emily Umberger of Arizona State University for help with various aspects of Mesoamerican art. I am also indebted to Dale Floyd of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Dan Rogers of the Smithsonian Institution for information about fortifications. I have also relied on the expertise of J. Richard Andrews of Vanderbilt University in Nahuatl orthography and have greatly benefited from the general advice of Claudio Lomnitz of New York University. As with my previous work on Aztec warfare, I have also been helped enormously by discussions on military matters with Neil Goldberg of the Dalton School. I would like to thank Christine Schultz for drawing the maps. Most important, I have been greatly aided by the advice, forbearance, and editorial assistance of my wife, Debra, to whom this book is dedicated.
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