Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Preface xi
5. Chapter 1. Approaching the City 1
6. Chapter 2. The Invisible Kings 23
7. Chapter 3. Ancestral Foundations 44
8. Chapter 4. Animals, Cannibals, and the Military 72
9. Chapter 5. A Marriage of Convenience: The King and the Military 90
10. Chapter 6. The Gods Did It: The Divine Sanction of Power 103
11. Chapter 7. Teotihuacan Jihad 124
12. Chapter 8. Fiesta Teotihuacan Style 146
13. Chapter 9. Continuities and Power 165
14. Notes 171
15. Bibliography 181
16. Index 203