Aztec city-state capitals.9780813032450 Aztec Aztec (ăz`tĕk'), Indian people dominating central Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest. Their language belonged to the Nahuatlan subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages. city-state capitals. Smith, Michael E. U. Press of Florida 2008 255 pages $27.95 Paperback Ancient cities of the new world F1219 Outside of Tenochtitlan, the cities of the Aztec empire are little known, even to specialists. Smith (anthropology anthropology, classification and analysis of humans and their society, descriptively, culturally, historically, and physically. Its unique contribution to studying the bonds of human social relations has been the distinctive concept of culture. , Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. ) has made a study of the other Aztec towns. He draws on both archeological finds and written records to create a picture of the towns, their purpose and function. The definition of a city is in its use, not its size. Smith believes that the Aztec cities were political, administrative, religious and trading centers. Each chapter focuses on an aspect of the town. Public buildings indicate the administrative and religious uses. Middens near private buildings give clues to the daily life of the inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. . Smith contends that the smaller cities are not just mini versions of Tenochtitlan, but each created to meet the needs of the local people. He also warns that the looting of sites makes it necessary that archeological work be done as soon as possible. There are many line drawings of artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. and photographs of the sites. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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