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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11302575.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-271) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction. Performing the city of sacrifice -- 1. City as symbol in Aztec thought : some clues from the Codex Mendoza -- 2. Templo Mayor : the Aztec vision of place -- 3. The new fire ceremony and the binding of the years : Tenochtitlan's fearful symmetry -- 4. The sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca : to change place -- 5. Give me some skin : the charisma of the Aztec warrior -- 6. Cosmic jaws : we eat the Gods and the Gods eat us -- 7. The sacrifice of women : the hearts of plants and makers of war games -- 8. When warriors became walls, when the mountain of water crumbled.".
- catalog extent "279 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "City of sacrifice.".
- catalog identifier "0807046426 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "City of sacrifice.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Beacon Press,".
- catalog relation "City of sacrifice.".
- catalog spatial "Central America.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico.".
- catalog subject "299/.78452 21".
- catalog subject "Aztecs Rites and ceremonies.".
- catalog subject "F1219.3.R38 C28 1999".
- catalog subject "Human sacrifice Central America.".
- catalog subject "Human sacrifice Mexico.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Mexico Rites and ceremonies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction. Performing the city of sacrifice -- 1. City as symbol in Aztec thought : some clues from the Codex Mendoza -- 2. Templo Mayor : the Aztec vision of place -- 3. The new fire ceremony and the binding of the years : Tenochtitlan's fearful symmetry -- 4. The sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca : to change place -- 5. Give me some skin : the charisma of the Aztec warrior -- 6. Cosmic jaws : we eat the Gods and the Gods eat us -- 7. The sacrifice of women : the hearts of plants and makers of war games -- 8. When warriors became walls, when the mountain of water crumbled.".
- catalog title "City of sacrifice : the Aztec empire and the role of violence in civilization / Davíd Carrasco.".
- catalog type "text".