The Mexica (later known as the Aztecs) were a migrant people from the desert north who arrived in Mesoamerica in the s. The dramatic and heroic story of their conquest and eventual destruction at the hands of the Spanish Conquistadores and the rediscovery in of the Piedra del Sol, the Sun Stone or Aztec Calendar, are known throughout the world "One of the great documents of colonial Mexico, the Codex Chimalpopoca chronicles the rise of Aztec civilization and preserves the mythology on which it was basedsupplying a richness of detail unmatched by any other native-language source 1 The Aztecs of MesoamericaWho Were the Aztecs?Mesoamerican ContextThe Aztec EnvironmentSources of InformationEthnohistoryArchaeologyArt HistoryAztec Studies TodayThe Rise of Aztec CivilizationTimetablesPre-Aztec CivilizationsThe Aztlan MigrationsToltecs, Chichimecs, and Aztec Identity Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum This previously nomadic The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs, the first of its kind, provides a current overview of recent research on the Aztec empire, the best documented prehispanic society in the Americas The Aztecs of ancient Mexico are generally the most widely known of all pre-Columbian peoples of the Americas. Appreciating the vast number of sources available but also their limitations, Kellogg focuses on three Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The articles in Part II, Historical Change, provide a long-term view of the Aztecs starting with important pre essors, the development of Aztec city-states and imperialism, and focus on the varied historical and cultural influences that have contributed to Aztec art and its development as culturally rich, visually engaging, and emotionally compelling Background information. tual and artistic developments. A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE AZTECS.
The Mexica (later known as the Aztecs) were a migrant people from the desert north who arrived in Mesoamerica in the s. The dramatic and heroic story of their conquest and eventual destruction at the hands of the Spanish Conquistadores and the rediscovery in of the Piedra del Sol, the Sun Stone or Aztec Calendar, are known throughout the world "One of the great documents of colonial Mexico, the Codex Chimalpopoca chronicles the rise of Aztec civilization and preserves the mythology on which it was basedsupplying a richness of detail unmatched by any other native-language source 1 The Aztecs of MesoamericaWho Were the Aztecs?Mesoamerican ContextThe Aztec EnvironmentSources of InformationEthnohistoryArchaeologyArt HistoryAztec Studies TodayThe Rise of Aztec CivilizationTimetablesPre-Aztec CivilizationsThe Aztlan MigrationsToltecs, Chichimecs, and Aztec Identity Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum This previously nomadic The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs, the first of its kind, provides a current overview of recent research on the Aztec empire, the best documented prehispanic society in the Americas The Aztecs of ancient Mexico are generally the most widely known of all pre-Columbian peoples of the Americas. Appreciating the vast number of sources available but also their limitations, Kellogg focuses on three Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The articles in Part II, Historical Change, provide a long-term view of the Aztecs starting with important pre essors, the development of Aztec city-states and imperialism, and focus on the varied historical and cultural influences that have contributed to Aztec art and its development as culturally rich, visually engaging, and emotionally compelling Background information. tual and artistic developments. A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE AZTECS.
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