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title	:	Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes
author	:	Carrasco, David.
publisher	:	University Press of Colorado
isbn10 | asin	:	0870815091
print isbn13	:	9780870815096
ebook isbn13	:	9780585035079
language	:	English
subject	Aztecs--Rites and ceremonies, Nahuas--Rites and ceremonies, Sacred space--Mexico.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	F1219.76.R45T6 1999eb
ddc	:	972/.5018
subject	:	Aztecs--Rites and ceremonies, Nahuas--Rites and ceremonies, Sacred space--Mexico.

Page iii AZTEC CEREMONIAL LANDSCAPES Edited byDavd Carrasco Foreword by William L. Fash UNIVERSITY PRESS OF COLORADO

Page iv Copyright 1991 by the University Press of Colorado Paperback Edition 1999 International Standard Book Number 0-87081-509-1 Published by the University Press of Colorado P.O. Box 849 Niwot, Colorado 80544 All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data To change place. Aztec ceremonial landscapes / edited by Davd Carrasco. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87081-509-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. AztecsRites and ceremonies. 2. NahuasRites and ceremonies. 3. Sacred spaceMexico. I. Carrasco, Davd. II. Title [F1219.76.R45T6 1999] 972'.5018dc21 99-18834 CIP 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Page v

To Paul and Margo Wheatley in appreciation of their friendship and guidance.

Page vii CONTENTS About the Contributors ix Foreword William L. Fash xi Preface Eduardo Matos Moctezuma xv Acknowledgments Davd Carrasco xvii Introduction: Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes Davd Carrasco xix Part I: New Discoveries at El Templo Mayor, Tlatelolco, and Mt. Tlaloc 1 Notes on the Oldest Sculpture of El Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan Eduardo Matos Moctezuma 3 2 A Study of Skeletal Materials from Tlatelolco Juan Alberto Romn Berrelleza 9 3 Discovery of a Painted Mural at Tlatelolco Salvador Guil'liem Arroyo 20 4 The Mt. Tlaloc Project Richard F. Townsend 26 Part II: Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes 5 The Sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca: To Change Place Davd Carrasco 31

Page viii 6 Mapping the Ritual Landscape: Debt Payment to Tlaloc During the Month of Atlcahualo Anthony F. Aveni 58 7 The Sacred Landscape of Aztec Calendar Festivals: Myth, Nature, and Society Johanna Broda 74 8 Migration Histories as Ritual Performance Elizabeth Hill Boone 121 9 The Myth of the Half-Man Who Descended from the Sky Alfredo Lpez Austin 152 10 The Octli Cult in Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico Henry B. Nicholson

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