This introduction to the imaginative world of the Mexica (or Aztec) explores sacrifice in the richly textured life of 16th-century Mexico. Kay Almere Read describes a universe in which every object was timed by a given lifespan and in which sacrifice was the mechanism by which time functioned. This book makes a convincing case for what sacrifice meant religiously and for how it came to be that human sacrifice of staggering proportions could be accepted, matter-of-factly, by the Mexica people.
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Kay Read is associate professor of comparative religions in the Religious Studies Department at DePaul University. She is the author of a number of articles on pre-Conquest religious traditions and is currently working on both a book on Mexica rulership and ethics and an encyclopedia of mesoamerican mythology.
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A truly excellent, well written book for the Mesoamerican scholar, student, or the serious-minded armchair "Aztec history buff" who desires to explore in detail, key elements of Aztec life and society. Another book, much along the same lines as this one -- and *EQUALLY* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - is called, "THE JADE STEPS" by Brundage; it might be a trifle hard to find anywhere but via Amazon since it's out-of-print; BOTH books are well worth the investmentAnyone serious about understanding the Aztec mind and social order should read both "Time and Sacrifice in the Aztec Cosmos" (K. A. Read) and also, "THE JADE STEPS" by Burr Cartwright Brundage (University of Utah Press; (c)1985; ISBN# 0-87480-247-4). FYI, Dr. Brundage has authored nearly a dozen extraordinarily well written and researched books on Aztec civilization; most are (sadly) tough to find.
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On a wall of one of Mexico City's museums, a small but elegant stone plaque hangs dramatically lighted inside a sleek Plexiglas box (figure 1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deformative transformation, space equaled time, feeding continuum, animistic centers, profane sacrality, animistic entities, greenstone bones, binding reeds, cosmic house, animistic entity, calendrical rounds, sacrificial transformation, sacrificial participation, sacrificial eating, divinatory calendar, thirteen dots, jaguar spots, calendrical system, odd counts, calendrical calculations, reed plant, four suns, other celestial objects, spiraling motion, earth monster Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fifth Sun, Templo Mayor, López Austin, Mexico City, Fifth Age, Valley of Mexico, Mountain of Produce, The Legend of the Suns, Florentine Codex, Flowery Wars, New Spain, Lords of the Night, Binding of the Years, Codex Mendoza, Mexican Highlands, Snake Mountain, Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Sun Stone, Codex Borbonicus, Codex Telleriano Remensis, Fourth Sun, God Oven, Lord of the Dead, Motecuhzuma the Elder, The Myth of the Four Suns New!
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On a wall of one of Mexico City's museums, a small but elegant stone plaque hangs dramatically lighted inside a sleek Plexiglas box (figure 1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deformative transformation, space equaled time, feeding continuum, animistic centers, profane sacrality, animistic entities, greenstone bones, binding reeds, cosmic house, animistic entity, calendrical rounds, sacrificial transformation, sacrificial participation, sacrificial eating, divinatory calendar, thirteen dots, jaguar spots, calendrical system, odd counts, calendrical calculations, reed plant, four suns, other celestial objects, spiraling motion, earth monster Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fifth Sun, Templo Mayor, López Austin, Mexico City, Fifth Age, Valley of Mexico, Mountain of Produce, The Legend of the Suns, Florentine Codex, Flowery Wars, New Spain, Lords of the Night, Binding of the Years, Codex Mendoza, Mexican Highlands, Snake Mountain, Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Sun Stone, Codex Borbonicus, Codex Telleriano Remensis, Fourth Sun, God Oven, Lord of the Dead, Motecuhzuma the Elder, The Myth of the Four Suns New!
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- Native American Mathematics by MIchael P. Closs in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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