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BL
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976773
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b731143
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| Main Entry
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Carrasco, Davíd.
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| Title & Author
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City of sacrifice : : the Aztec empire and the role of violence in civilization /\ David Carrasco.
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| Publication Statement
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Boston :: Beacon Press,, ©1999.
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1 online resource (279 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0807046523
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: 9780807046524
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0807046426
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0807046434
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9780807046425
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9780807046432
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-271) and index.
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| Contents
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IntroductioN. Performing the city of sacrifice -- City as symbol in Aztec thought : some clues from the Codex Mendoza -- Templo Mayor : the Aztec vision of place -- The new fire ceremony and the binding of the years : Tenochtitlan's fearful symmetry -- The sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca : to change place -- Give me some skin : the charisma of the Aztec warrior -- Cosmic jaws : we ear the Gods and the Gods eat us -- The sacrifice of women : the hearts of plants and makers of war games -- When warriors became walls, when the mountain of water crumbled.
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"In City of Sacrifice, Carrasco chronicles the fascinating story of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, investigating Aztec religious practices and demonstrating that religious violence was integral to urbanization; the city itself was a temple to the gods. And Mexico City, the largest city on earth, was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, a point Carrasco poignantly considers in his survey of urbanization from antiquity to modernity."--Jacket.
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Aztecs-- Rites and ceremonies.
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Human sacrifice-- Central America.
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Human sacrifice-- Mexico.
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Indians of Mexico-- Rites and ceremonies.
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Aztecs-- Rites and ceremonies.
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Aztèques-- Rites et cérémonies.
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Human sacrifice.
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Indians of Mexico-- Rites and ceremonies.
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RELIGION-- Ethnic Tribal.
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Sacrifice humain-- Mexique.
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Azteken.
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Mensenoffers.
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Central America.
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Mexico.
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| Dewey Classification
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299/.78452
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| LC Classification
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F1219.3.R38C28 1999eb
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15.85bcl
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