The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan: Center and Periphery in the Aztec World - Softcover

"An interesting book [that] provokes our thinking about the role of symbolism in ordering Mexican society."--H. R. Harvey, "Ethno-History

The remains of the great double pyramid of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire, came to light during the spectacular excavation project undertaken by the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia from 1978 to 1982. This volume offers three views of the Templo Mayor as the quintessential sacred space within the Aztec empire, presented in a collaborative effort by an archaeologist, an ethnohistorian, and a historian of religion.