Manuel Aguilar-Moreno is Associate Professor of Art History at California State University in Los Angeles. A renowned expert on pre-Columbian civilizations and the colonial history of Mexico, Dr. Aguilar-Moreno has published on a wide range of subjects, including Mesoamerican art and history, colonial art and history in Mexico, funerary art, and the pre-Columbian ballgame.
List of illustrations
List of Maps
List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Guide to Pronunciation and spelling of Nahuatl Terms
Ch. 1: Mesoamerican Civilizations and Aztec Archaeology
Ch. 2: Evolution of Aztec Civilization
Ch. 3: Geography of the Aztec World
Ch. 4: Society and Government
Ch. 5: Warfare
Ch. 6: Religion, Cosmology, and Mythology
Ch.7: Funerary Beliefs and Customs
Ch. 8: Aztec Art
Ch. 9: Aztec Architecture
Ch. 10: Nahuatl Literature
Ch. 11: The Calendar, Astronomy, and Mathematics
Ch. 12: Economy, Industry, and Trade
Ch. 13: Daily Life
Ch. 14: The Aztec After Conquest and Today
Main Museums Containing Aztec Collections
Aztec Poems
Bibliography
Index
