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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      September 2009
      March 2005
      ISBN:
      9780511489563
      9780521780568
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489563
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.762kg, 300 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Prehistory, Archaeology of The Americas, Area Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, American Studies, Asian Studies, Archaeology
      Series:
      New Studies in Archaeology
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    Subjects:
    Prehistory, Archaeology of The Americas, Area Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, American Studies, Asian Studies, Archaeology
    Series:
    New Studies in Archaeology
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    Teotihuacan was one of the earliest and more populous preColumbian cities, and the Feathered Serpent was its vital monument, erected circa 200 AD. This work explores the religious meanings and political implications of the pyramid with meticulous and thorough analyses of substantially new excavation data. Challenging the traditional view of the city as a legendary, sacred, or anonymously-governed centre, the book provides significant new insights on the Teotihuacan polity and society. It provides interpretations on the pyramid's location, architecture, sculptures, iconography, mass sacrificial graves and rich symbolic offerings, and concludes that the pyramid commemorated the accession of rulers who were inscribed to govern with military force on behalf of the gods. This archaeological examination of the monument shows it to be the physical manifestation of state ideologies such as the symbolism of human sacrifice, militarism, and individual-centred divine authority, ideologies which were later diffused among other Mesoamerican urban centres.

    Reviews

    ‘This is a remarkable achievement and will be a deeply influential contribution to all future discussions of Teotihuacan.’

    Dr David Freidel - Southern Methodist University

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