The Offerings Of The Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan,9780826329585

The Offerings Of The Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780826329585
ISBN10: 0826329586
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-04-01
Publisher(s): Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Summary

The spectacular findings of the historic Templo Mayor Project, which took place in the heart of Mexico City from 1978 to 1997.

Author Biography

Leonardo Lopez Lujan is senior researcher and professor at the Museo del Templo Mayor, INAH, Mexico City.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
xi
Foreword xvii
Prologue xxi
Introduction xxv
Translators' Note xxix
The Excavation and Interpretation of the Offerings in the Center of Mexico City: 1519--1978
1(12)
Historiographic Review
1(1)
Excavations From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries
2(3)
Excavations in the Twentieth Century
5(8)
The Templo Mayor Project and the Excavation of Offerings: 1978--1991
13(18)
The Project and Its Innovations
13(5)
The Archaeological Techniques of Excavation and Recording
18(5)
Conservation and Restoration Techniques
23(5)
Several Foci of the Study of Offerings
28(3)
The Offerings and Ritual Ceremonies
31(12)
The Offerings in the Mesoamerican Religious Context
31(1)
The Ritual Ceremonies
32(3)
Ritual Ceremony and Offering
35(2)
The Space and Time of Rituals
37(2)
An Assessment of Problems
39(4)
The Framework of the Offerings
43(20)
The Excavations of the INAH at the Templo Mayor
43(9)
The Dating of the Building Stages of the Templo Mayor
52(2)
The Astronomical Orientation of the Templo Mayor
54(1)
The Buildings Adjoining the Templo Mayor
55(8)
The Symbolism of the Templo Mayor
63(18)
The Templo Mayor as Center of the Universe
63(7)
The Templo Mayor and the Interpretations of Its Symbolism
70(5)
Oblation Rites at the Templo Mayor
75(6)
General Characteristics of the Templo Mayor Offerings
81(36)
The Offerings as Areas of Activities
81(2)
The Study Sample
83(4)
The Spatial Distribution of the Offerings
87(8)
The Types of Containers
95(4)
The Types of Contents
99(6)
The Richness of the Offerings
105(1)
The Management of Inner Space
106(5)
Proposals for Analyses
111(6)
The General Taxonomy of the Templo Mayor Offerings
117(14)
Classification in Archaeology
117(2)
Numerical Taxonomy
119(3)
The Process Employed
122(9)
Approach to the Meaning of the Offerings
131(96)
Analysis of the Meaning
131(1)
Offering 16
132(16)
Offering 48
148(9)
The Complexes With the Simplest Offerings (Complexes O, P, and R)
157(6)
The Complex of Offerings of Blue Jars (Complex N)
163(5)
The Complex of Offerings of Stone Urns (Subcomplex F1)
168(4)
Funeral Deposits Complex (Complex E)
172(11)
The Complex of Consecration Offerings (Complex A)
183(44)
EPILOGUE
227(128)
APPENDIX ONE
Relationship of Offerings to Corresponding Complexes
231(6)
APPENDIX TWO
Description of the Offerings Complexes
237(78)
APPENDIX THREE
Description of Unique Offerings
315(24)
Plan, Matrices, and Dendrograms
339(16)
Notes 355(36)
Bibliography 391(18)
Index 409

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