The offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan
By: Leonardo López Luján ; translated by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano and Thelma Ortiz de Montellano.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Niwot, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 516
Subjects: Templo Mayor (Mexico City, Mexico); Aztecs -- Religion; Aztec mythology; Aztecs -- Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Mexico City; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Description: "This important book presents detailed descriptions, analyses, and  interpretations of offerings recovered during the last 50 years from excavations of the Aztec Great Temple in Mexico City. Argues that the offerings formed part of a cosmovision and are more varied in content, and presumably meaning, than previously thought"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-504) and index.