Aztec culture has been the subject of scholarly curiosity since the
Spanish conquest of the New World in the 16th century. A vast body of
surviving ethnohistorical records and many archaeological excavations
have revealed the nature of Aztec society more clearly than that of any
other pre-Columbian people. By the 20th century, interest in the Aztecs
had waned, and archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians
turned their attention to other, lesser-known cultures of pre-Columbian
Mesoamerica. From 1978 to 1982, however, excavations in downtown Mexico
City gave new impetus to Aztec research, particularly the discovery of
the ritual heart of the Aztec empire, the Templo Mayor and Tenochtitlan.
This catalog documents an exhibition that accompanied a scholarly
symposium at Dumbarton Oaks on the results of the Templo Mayor
excavations and includes works from 23 collections.
pdf / 190 pgs.
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