ARCL3045: The Aztecs and the Conquest of Mexico: Elizabeth Graham Academic Year 2012/13
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List in progress!
This 2011 reading list for ARCL3045 is being added to: please also refer back to the previous list, found here:
http://ls-tlss.ucl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/displaylist?module=11ARCL3045
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Introductory readings and online references 1 item
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The Aztecs - 20121405194979,9781405194976
Book Earlier versions can be used as contents and chapter headings remain similar
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Lecture 1 6 itemsWho were the Aztecs? Mesoamerican environments, sources
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Essential readings 3 itemsNo readings, strictly speaking, are required for this lecture, but make sure to read at least one of the essential readings by week 2
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Aztec studies - , 2010-4-1
Article Essential
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Katun special issue: cummulative references 2010-4-1
Article Essential
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Chapter 1: The Aztecs of Mesoamerica -
Chapter Essential
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Other reading 3 items
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Chapter Digitised reading
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The size of the Aztec city of Yautepec - , March 1994
Article Also available as a digitised reading from http://ls-tlss.ucl.ac.uk/course-materials/ARCL3045_47483.pdf
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Lecture 2 3 itemsThe Valley of Mexico and the rise of Aztec civilisation
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Essential readings 1 itemReadings from Lecture 1 are still essential
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Chapter 2: The rise of Aztec civilisation -
Chapter Essential
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Other reading 2 items
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The Aztecs: a history - 19730333124049
Book
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Developmental implications of earlier dates for early Aztec in the Basin of Mexico - , , 2008-10-10
Article
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Lecture 3 9 itemsPopulation, diet, farming systems, landscape
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Essential readings 2 items
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Settlement pattern and chinampa agriculture at Tenochtitlan - 1972
Article Essential
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Chapter 3: People on the landscape -
Chapter Essential
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Other reading 7 items
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Gardens on swamps - 1971
Article
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Climatic change and lacustrine resources at the period of initial Aztec development - 2000/09/08
Article
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Maize preparation and the Aztec subsistence economy - 2001/02/07
Article
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The chinampas of Mexico - July 1964
Article Also available as a digitised reading from http://ls-tlss.ucl.ac.uk/course-materials/ARCL3045_55339.pdf
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The central Mexican symbiotic region: a study in prehistoric settlement patterns -
Chapter Digitised reading
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Lecture 4 10 itemsCrafts, markets and exchange
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Essential readings 2 items
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Chapter 4: Artisans and their wares -
Chapter Essential
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Chapter 5: The commercial economy -
Chapter Essential
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Optional recommended readings 8 items
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Chapter 3: Economic organisation -
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Chapter 9: Elite and utilitarian crafts in the Aztec State -
Chapter Digitised reading
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Otumba and its neighbors - , , 2001/02/07
Article
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Textile production in postclassic Cholula, Mexico - , 2000/09/08
Article
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Production and exchange of obsidian tools in late Aztec city-states - 2001/07/27
Article
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Long-distance trade under the Aztec Empire: The archaeological evidence - 2008-10-10
Article Also available as a digitised reading from http://ls-tlss.ucl.ac.uk/course-materials/ARCL3045_47485.pdf
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Lecture 5 4 itemsGrowing up, social roles, commoners and nobles
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Essential readings 1 item
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Chapter 6: Family and social class -
Chapter Essential
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Other reading 3 items
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Chapter 3: Social structure and dynamics -
Chapter Digitised reading
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Chapter
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Ceramic indices of Aztec eliteness - 2001/02/07
Article
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Lecture 6 0 itemsReading week : no readings
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Lecture 7 5 itemsReligion, gods, temples and ceremonies
- Because your first essay is due this week, I will assign no readings. If you have time, however, see the required readings for week 8.
- The guest lecturer, Dr Elizabeth Baquedano, also suggests that you take a look at the following:
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Aztecs - , , , 20021903973139,1903973228
Book
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Religion in pre-Hispanic Central Mexico -
Chapter Digitised reading
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Introduction: The discovery of Aztec art -
Chapter
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Lecture 8 10 itemsAztec religion continued; writing, calendars, medicine, literature, poetry
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Essential readings 2 items
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Chapter 6: Religious organisation and belief -
Chapter Essential
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Chapter 9: Creation, death and the gods -
Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Other reading 2 items
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An illustrated dictionary of the gods and symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya - , 19970500279284
Book
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Aztec and Maya myths - 19930714117420
Book
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Other readings: specific papers of religious topics 4 items
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The "Coatlicues" at the Templo Mayor - 2000/09/08
Article
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Archaeological deposits from the Aztec new fire ceremony - , 2002/01/11
Article
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Other readings: on astronomy 2 items
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Moctezuma's sky: Aztec astronomy and ritual -
Chapter Digitised reading
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Skywatchers of ancient Mexico - c19800292775571
Book
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Lectures 9 and 10 11 itemsCity-states, imperial strategies , cities, towns and Tenochtitlan
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Essential readings for Lecture 9 3 items
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Chapter 7: City-state and empire -
Chapter Essential
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Chapter 8: Cities and urban planning -
Chapter Essential
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The role of social stratification in the Aztec empire: A view from the provinces - 1986
Article Essential
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Essential readings for Lecture 10 2 items
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Subject states and tribute provinces: The Aztec empire in the northern Valley of Mexico - 2010-10-18
Article Essential Also available as a digitised reading here: http://ls-tlss.ucl.ac.uk/course-materials/ARCL3045_47486.pdf
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Egalitarian ideology and political power in prehispanic central Mexico: The case of Tlaxcallan - 2010
Article Essential
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Other readings: also useful for essays 6 items
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Aztec-period organization in the Teotihuacan Valley: Otumba as a city-state - 2001/07/27
Article
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The 2:2:1 tribute distribution in the triple alliance - 2008-10-10
Article Also available as a digitised reading from http://ls-tlss.ucl.ac.uk/course-materials/ARCL3045_47472.pdf
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The metaphorical underpinnings of Aztec society - 2007-8-14
Article
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Lecture 11 4 itemsThe conquest by Spain
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Essential readings 2 items
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Chapter 12: Final glory, conquest, and legacy -
Chapter Essential This is Chapter 11 "Final glory and destruction" in the 1996 edition
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"Fierce and unnatural cruelty": Cortés and the conquest of Mexico - 1991-01
Article Essential
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Other reading 2 items
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