内容简介
Thevolumedescribesthepre-ColumbianculturesthatdevelopedincentralandnorthernMexico,fromthefertileareasoftheOaxacaValleyandtheValleyofMexicotothegreatdesertsofthenorth.Inchronologicalorder,thetextpresentsthenativecultures,fromtheearliestfarmingvillagestotheestablishmentofgreatstatesandurbancivilizationssuchasTeotihuacánandMonteAlbán.TheenormousethnicandlinguisticmeltingpotculminatedintheAzteccivilization;thisprofuselyillustratedbookexaminesitshistoricalevents,movingfromthemythicaloriginalmigrationintotheValleyofMexicotothepoliticalandculturalzenith.In-depthlooksatspecifictopicssuchastheAzteccalendar,religion,societyandpoliticalorganizationareinsertedintothehistoricalnarration,addingvarietytothebookschronologicalapproach.Basedonthelatestresearchandtargetingabroadreadership,thisbookisstraightforwardandeasytounderstand,yetisdistinguishedbyitsexcellentscholarship.TheresultisanextraordinaryhistoricalandculturaltableauthatconveysthefullappealthesepopulationshavelongheldforWesternreaders.
作者简介
DAVIDEDOMENICI,archaeologist,isanexpertontheancientcivilizationsofpre-ColumbianAmerica.HehasparticipatedinarchaeologicalstudiesinPeru(Nazca),Chile(RapaNui)andMexico(Teotihuacán).Since1998hehasdirectedtheRioLaVentaArchaeologicalProjectintheMexicanstateofChiapas.HeiscurrentlyaresearcherattheFacultyofPaleographyandMedievalStudiesoftheUniversityofBologna,whereheteachesNativeAmericanCivilizations.HispublishedworksincludeGliZoquedelChiapas.Archeologia,storiaeantropologiadiunamillenariatradizioneculturalemesoamericana(2002)andIlinguaggidelpotere.Arti,ritiepropagandanellanticamesoamerica(2005).ForWhiteStarhehaswrittenMexico:AGuidetotheArchaeologicalSites(2001),thesectionontheAmericasinLostCities(2002),Mexico.PlacesandHistory(2003),andTheMaya:HistoryandTreasuresofanAncientCivilization.