Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. About the Contributors ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xvii
7. Introduction: Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes xix
8. Part I New Discoveries at El Templo Mayor, Tlatelolco, and Mt. Tlaloc
9. 1 Notes on the Oldest Sculpture of El Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan 3
10. 2 A Study of Skeletal Materials from Tlatelolco 9
11. 3 Discovery of a Painted Mural at Tlatelolco 20
12. 4 The Mt. Tlaloc Project 26
13. Part II Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes
14. 5 The Sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca: To Change Place 31
15. 6 Mapping the Ritual Landscape: Debt Payment to Tlaloc During the Month of Atlcahualo 58
16. 7 The Sacred Landscape of Aztec Calendar Festivals: Myth, Nature, and Society 74
17. 8 Migration Histories as Ritual Performance 121
18. 9 The Myth of the Half-Man Who Descended from the Sky 152
19. 10 The Octli Cult in Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico 158
20. 11 Dryness Before the Rains: Toxcatl and Tezcatlipoca 188
21. Part III Changing Voices
22. 12 Reflections on the Miraculous Waters of Tenochtitlan 205
23. 13 Vamos a Rezar a San Marcos: A Tlapanec Pilgrimage 212
24. 14 Eating Landscape: Human Sacrifice and Sustenance in Aztec Mexico 219
25. 15 Religious Rationalization and the Conversions of the Nahuas: Social Organization and Colonial Epistemology 233
26. 16 Remnants of the Shaman 246
27. Index 249