Book
The Aztecs
Blackwell Publishers • Malden, Mass. • Published In 1997 • Pages: xviii, 361
By: Smith, Michael Ernest.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is a study in what the author calls 'social archaeology', an analysis of the everyday lives of peasants and other commoners in archaeological time. The major portion of the book describes Aztec civilization during the 91 years between the formation of the Triple Alliance empire in 1428 and the arrival of the Spaniards in 1519. This period is generally referred to in the archaeological literature as the Late Aztec B period and represents the pinnacle of cultural development in ancient Mesoamerica. Major topics include a general introduction to the Aztecs, culture history, agriculture, artisans and their wares, the role of merchants in the economy, family and social class, city-states and the empire, religion, science and art, and post-contact changes in the society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Territorial hierarchy
- Tillage
- Occupational specialization
- Mercantile business
- Classes
- Form and rules of government
- Cities
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Writing
- Ordering of time
- Art
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Central Mexico Postclassic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1300-430 BP (650-1520 AD)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Valley of Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael E. Smith
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-347) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95025889
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aztecs--History/Aztecs--Antiquities/Aztecs--Social life and customs/Mexico--Antiquities