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. Chapters span from
the establishment of Aztec city-states to the encounter with the
Spanish empire and the Colonial period that shaped the modern
world. Articles in the Handbook take up new research trends and
methodologies and current debates. The Handbook articles are
divided into seven parts. Part I, Archaeology of the Aztecs,
introduces the Aztecs, as well as Aztec studies today, including
the recent practice of archaeology, ethnohistory, museum studies,
and conservation. The articles in Part II, Historical Change,
provide a long-term view of the Aztecs starting with important
predecessors, the development of Aztec city-states and imperialism,
and ending with a discussion of the encounter of the Aztec and
Spanish empires. Articles also discuss Aztec notions of history,
writing, and time. Part III, Landscapes and Places, describes the
Aztec world in terms of its geography, ecology, and demography at
varying scales from households to cities. Part IV, Economic and
Social Relations in the Aztec Empire, discusses the ethnic
complexity of the Aztec world and social and economic relations
that have been a major focus of archaeology. Articles in Part V,
Aztec Provinces, Friends, and Foes, focuses on the Aztec's dynamic
relations with distant provinces, and empires and groups that
resisted conquest, and even allied with the Spanish to overthrow
the Aztec king. This is followed by Part VI, Ritual, Belief, and
Religion, which examines the different beliefs and rituals that
formed Aztec religion and their worldview, as well as the material
culture of religious practice. The final section of the volume,
Aztecs after the Conquest, carries the Aztecs through the
post-conquest period, an increasingly important area of
archaeological work, and considers the place of the Aztecs in the
modern world.
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