|  Indians
of Mexico
Resources
at the SJRCC Libraries
PAL = Palatka Campus |
OPC = Orange Park Campus | SAC = St.
Augustine Campus
|
|  The
Ancient Maya by George W. Brainerd
Call number: PAL - F1435 .M75 1956
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|  Arts
and Crafts of the Aztecs and Maya - Publisher's
Marketing: "Like an archaeologist unearthing clues about
the history and development of ancient civilizations, the Arts and
Crafts of the Ancient World series explores some marvelous artistic
techniques of ancient cultures that can still be used today. Each
title is filled with simple projects that encourage readers to experience
the creativity of ancient times using readily available materials
of today."
Call number: SAC - TT28.M6 M67 2007 |
Aztec
Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind by
Miguel León Portilla, translated from the Spanish by Jack
Emory Davis
Call number: PAL - F1219.3.P5 L43 1963
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| The
Aztec World by Elizabeth Hill Boone - Publisher's
Marketing: "Written by leading scholars, each book in
this series provides an up-to-date assessment of a particular area
of the ancient world. Abundantly illustrated in full color, the series
places readers at the cutting edge of modern archaeological thinking.
Drawing on findings from the recently excavated Templo Mayor of
Tenochtitlan, Boone explains how one Aztec group, the Mexica, rose
to remarkable prominence in less than two hundred years and why
they succumbed so easily to Hernan Cortes in 1521."
Call number: SAC - F1219.73 .B66 1994
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|  Aztecs
- Publisher's Marketing: "Examines
the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Aztec Indians."
Call number: SAC - F1219.73 .B46 1989 |
Aztecs
of Mexico: Origin, Rise, and Fall of the Aztec Nation by
George Clapp Vaillant
Call number: PAL - F1219 .V13 1962
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The
Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica
by Muriel Porter Weaver
Call number: OPC - F1219 .W42 1972
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The
Aztecs: People of the Sun by Alfonso Caso
Call number: PAL - F1219.3.R38 C313 1958
|
 Aztecs:
Reign of Blood and Splendor - Publisher's
Marketing: "Readers assume the role of archaeologists,
uncovering secrets of ancient civilizations. Stunning photographs
and illustrations, plus detailed cutaways, maps and diagrams."
Call number: F1219.73 .A975 1992 |
Everyday
Life of the Aztecs by Warwick Bray
Call number: OPC - F1219 .B845 1987
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|  The
Everyday Life of Aztec & Maya: An Expert Account of the Great
Central American Civilizations with Over 200 Magnificent Photographs
and Illustrations, and 30 Maps, Plans and Drawings - Publisher's
Marketing: "Find out how the Aztec, Maya, Mixtecs, Tarascans
and Olmecs lived - explore the excitement of the sacred ballgame,
the cult of violence, the drama of ritual sacrifice, and the sacred
culture of the land of the sun god."
Call number: SAC - F1219.76 .R45 P44 2007 |
Everyday
Life of the Maya by Ralph Whitlock
Call number: SAC - F 1435 .W65 1987
|
 Handbook
to Life in the Aztec World - Publisher's
Marketing: "Since its violent dissolution in 1521, the
Aztec Empire of Mexico has continually intrigued us. Recent discoveries
resulting from the excavation of the Templo Mayor in the heart of
Mexico City have taught us even more about this fascinating culture.
The increasing recognition that the achievements of Mesoamerican
civilizations were among the most sophisticated of the ancient world
has led to a demand for introductions to the basic methods and theories
of scholars working throughout the region. Handbook to Life in the
Aztec World gathers the results from recent archaeological discoveries
and scholarly research into a single accessible volume. Organized
thematically, the handbook covers all aspects of life in the Aztec
world: Mesoamerican civilizations and Aztec archeology; evolution
of Aztec civilization; geography of the Aztec world; society and
government; religion, cosmology, and mythology; funerary beliefs
and customs; Aztec art; Aztec architecture; Nahuatl literature;
the calendar, astronomy, and mathematics; economy, industry, and
trade; daily life; the Aztec after conquest and today. Each chapter
includes an extensive bibliography, and more than 165 original line
drawings, photographs, and maps complement the text. Handbook to
Life in the Aztec World provides all the essential information required
by anyone interested in Aztec history or culture."
Call number: SAC - F1219.73 .A35 2006 |
 How
to Be an Aztec Warrior - Publisher's
Marketing: "WARRIORS NEEDED How would you like to join
the team that defends your people and your homeland?
Your main duties will include:
- defending your city against invaders
- conquering new territory
- controlling conquered peoples and collecting tribute from them
- taking captives to sacrifice to the gods
How to join? Hurry to the main square of your city when you hear
the beat of the big war drum."
Call number: SAC - F1219.73 .M334 2005
|
 Reading
the Past: Maya Glyphs
Call number: SAC - F1435.3 .P6 H67
|
 Mexico:
From the Olmecs to the Aztecs - Publisher's
Marketing: "Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized
as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's
ancient civilizations. Now this companion volume to Professor Coe's
bestselling The Maya has been completely revised and expanded for
the fourth edition. Enlarged sections are included on early village
life and the rise of Olmec civilization. Extraordinary recent discoveries
- such as the stela from La Mojarra inscribed in the mysterious
Isthmian script or the mass sacrifice of 200 victims at Teotihuacan
- receive full coverage. A new chapter on Aztec life and society
has also been added, based on fresh readings of the ethnohistorical
sources. Despite the cataclysm of the Spanish Conquest and ensuing
epidemics, the native peoples of Mexico survived through the Colonial
period. Describing their heroic struggle in a new Epilogue, the
author makes clear just how much the character of modern Mexico
derives from its Pre-Columbian past."
Call number: PAL - F1219.7 .C63 1994 |
 Mexico:
From the Olmecs to the Aztecs - 5th edition
Call number: SAC - F1219.7 .C63 2002 |
Mexico
South: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec by Miguel Covarrubias
Call number: PAL - F1359 .C6 1962
|
 Popol
Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya
Call number: PAL - F1465 .P8385 1950
Call number: SAC - F1465.P8 P68 2007 |
|  Sons
of the Shaking Earth - Publisher's
Marketing: ""Wolf drew on anthropology, archaeology,
history, and geography to mold a magnificent, sweeping, and beautifully
written synthesis. With style and deep personal engagement he unraveled
the complexity of Mexico and Guatemala's past with its multiple
ethnicities, many languages, and environmental diversity. . . .
Armies of graduate students have challenged many of the details,
but the book stands as a monument to a time when social scientists
were able to think large thoughts and write elegant English"--"Foreign
Affairs," Significant Books of the Last 75 Years."
Call number: PAL - F1210 .W6 1959
Call number: OPC - F1210 .W6 1959 |
