Product Description: Reproductions of the Boston Public Library Manuscript and the Carlos Maria de Bustamante 1840 Eddition. From the book's Introduction: "In 1585, the Franciscan Friar Bernardino de Sahagun finished the revision of his narrative entitled ( English translation), "Account of the Conquest of New Spain, as the Indian Soldiers who were Present Told It...read more

Product Description: The essays in this book present the inte­grated application of prehistoric, ethno­historic, and ethnographic data center­ing on the interpretation of past and present peoples residing in Greater Meso­america. These groups, at some time in their existence, had much in common: a corn-, bean-, and squash-farming base; permanent villages with plazas; public religious structures; and well-developed ceremonialism involving astronomical-ceremonial concepts including calen­drics...read more