THE AZTECS OF MEXICO; Origin, Rise & Fall of the Aztec Nation.

Vaillant,George C.

Published by NY. 1950. Doubleday / The American Museum of Natural History Science Series Volume II.

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tan, brown & orange illustrated buckram cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. vg cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. front top corner bumped. spine spotty. edges grey & spotty. fox spots on the front flyleaf & 1/2 title pg. , otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. soiled on rear, missing couple of tiny pieces, rubbed. spotty on the spine, not price clipped (see photos). nice vintage copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. date on title pg. printing # not given. endpaper maps. illustrated frontis. & title pg. xvii+340p. 64 glossy b&w photo. "half tone" plates. xvii tables. 28 figures. notes. biblio. index. ancient history. mexican history. archaeology. anthropology. art history. prehistory. ancient religion. ancient astronomy. spanish conquest of mexico. teotihuacan. toltecs. tenochtitlan. tonalpohualli. zapotecs. olmecs. totonac. mixtecs. chichimec. aztec astronomy. aztec calendar. aztec religion. ~DR. GEORGE VAILLANT was that "rara avis" ~ a great specialist who could make his specialty as interesting to the layman as it was to himself. Before his death in 1945, Dr. Vaillant was Associate Curator of Mexican Archeology at the American Museum of Natural History and acknowledged as an outstanding authority on the early civilizations of Mexico and Central America. He has here written the first complete and definitive account of the birth and death of one of the world's great civilizations. In the eleventh century, the Aztecs arrived in Mexico from the north. Even today their speech is much like that spoken by the Indians of Oregon and Montana. In less than a hundred years, rising on the ruins of the older Mexican cultures, they developed an extraordinary indgenous civilization. Here is the strange story of that rise, and of the even swifter fall under the impact of Cortes and his followers. Dr. Vaillant vividly recreates the Aztec way of life. In one fascinating chapter he takes his reader to the great Aztec city, Tenochtitlen, now Mexico City, in the days of the height of the Aztec power, and wanders with him through the town. We learn not only Aztec history and how their society was organized, but how the children went to school, modes of dress and many interesting aspects of an ancient daily life. Here is an outstanding book, at once definitive and interesting, at once authentic and popular. Seller Inventory # 9161604

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Title: THE AZTECS OF MEXICO; Origin, Rise & Fall of...

Publisher: NY. 1950. Doubleday / The American Museum of Natural History Science Series Volume II.

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included