Mexico by Coe, Michael D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page About the Authors Other Titles of Interest Dedication Contents Preface 1 • Introduction

The geographic setting Languages and peoples Periods

2 • Early Hunters 3 • The Archaic Period

The Desert Culture in North America The origins of Mexican cultivated plants The importance of maize Other cultigens Caves and rockshelters of northeastern Mexico Santa Marta rockshelter The Tehuacan Valley Other Archaic sites The Archaic period and the origins of settled life

4 • The Preclassic Period: Early Villagers

The Early Preclassic in Chiapas Early Preclassic villagers in Oaxaca The site of Tlatilco Established villages of the Middle Preclassic Late Preclassic cultures of the central highlands The Mezcala puzzle The shaft-tomb art of western Mexico and the Teuchitlan Tradition

5 • The Preclassic Period: Early Civilizations

Background of civilized life The Olmec civilization The San Lorenzo Olmecs El Manatí The Olmecs of La Venta Chiapa de Corzo – a La Venta outlier? Tres Zapotes and the Long Count calendar The Olmecs beyond the heartland Early Zapotec civilization Izapan civilization La Mojarra and the Isthmian script

6 • The Classic Period

Rise of the great civilizations The urban civilization of Teotihuacan The Great Pyramid of Cholula Cerro de las Mesas and Classic Veracruz civilization Classic Monte Albán The Classic downfall

7 • The Epiclassic Period

The Maya connection: Cacaxtla and Xochicalco Cholula Cantona El Tajín Central Veracruz Valley of Oaxaca Northwestern Mexico The end of the Epiclassic

8 • The Post-Classic Period: The Toltec State

A time of troubles The Chichimeca of northern Mexico Tula and the Toltecs The Toltec annals Archaeological Tula Tula and Chich’en Itza

9 • The Post-Classic Period: Rival States

Late Zapotec culture at Mitla The Mixtecs The Huastec The Tarascan kingdom Casas Grandes and the northern trade route The rise of the Aztec state The consolidation of Aztec power

10 • The Aztecs in 1519

The island city Aztec society The long-distance merchants Becoming an Aztec Marriage The Triple Alliance and the Empire The emperor and the palace Food and agriculture War and human sacrifice Aztec religion Aztec art and architecture Aztec thought and literature

Epilogue

The Spanish Conquest New Spain and the Colonial world The “ladinoization” of Mexico Aftermath

Visiting Mexico Chronological table Reigning Monarchs of the Aztec State Text References Further reading Sources of Illustrations Index Copyright