The Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a Lost World Paperback - 1997
by Jeremy A. Sabloff; Macduff Everton (Photographer)
Out of ancient Mexico grew some of the richest cultures of the early historic world. Through the eyes of deceased astronomers and ballplayers, merchants and priests, we relive the everyday life and see the temples, palaces, and tombs of a civilization obsessed with ritual and death. Along the way, the author reveals new archaeological ideas and techniques now being used to reconstruct a fuller picture of the past. 152 illus.
From the rear cover
Ancient Mexico was one of the great independent hearths of civilization. Out of a varied landscape grew some of the richest cultures of the early historic world - Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec. Standard histories tend to focus on the individual societies, but Jeremy Sabloff's popular study takes an original approach, emphasizing the unity of Mexican civilization. In a series of fascinating vignettes, Professor Sabloff describes what it would have been like to have lived during the heyday of Mexico's greatest cities. Through the eyes of astronomers and ballplayers, merchants and priests, we see the temples, palaces, and tombs of a civilization obsessed with ritual and death. But who built these cities and how do we know? Sabloff explains convincingly just why archaeologists believe in the indigenous origins of Mexican civilization. This updated edition includes the latest archaeological research on the ancient cities of Mexico: incorporates breakthroughs in the decipherment of the Maya script; and draws on fresh readings of Aztec ethnohistorical sources. Throughout the author reveals the new ideas and techniques revolutionizing archaeological fieldwork and shows how the latest evidence is being used to reconstruct a fuller picture of life in these ancient cities.
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- Title The Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a Lost World
- Author Jeremy A. Sabloff; Macduff Everton (Photographer)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Thames & Hudson, New York
- Date 1997-04
- ISBN 9780500279298 / 0500279292
- Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.11 x 6.15 x 0.73 in (23.14 x 15.62 x 1.85 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mexican
- Library of Congress subjects Mexico - Guidebooks, Mexico - Antiquities - Guidebooks
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96061016
- Dewey Decimal Code 972.01
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