Friedlander, Judith
frogs
frontiers, see borders
funerals
gambling
gardens, urban
García PayÓn, José
gendern12; see also women
geographers
gifts
Gillespie, Susan
glue
glyphs
gods; see also names of individual deities
gold; trade in
goldsmiths
gourd-workers
granaries
Graulich, Micheln
greenstone jewelry, see jade
Hare, Timothy S.
Hassig, Ross
Heath-Smith, Cynthia
Hernández, Francisco
Hidalgo, state of
history: Aztec conception of; native history
Hodge, Mary G.
honey
Hosler, Dorothy
house gardens
households; see also houses
houses; urban 6; see also palaces
Huatusco, see Quauhtochco
Huaxtec peoples
Huaxtepec
Huehueteotl
Huexotla
Huexotzinca peoples
Huexotzinco
Hueyapan
Huitzilihuitl, Mexica king
Huitzilopochco
Huitzilopochtli; temples of
human sacrifice, see sacrifice, human
hunting
ideology
iguanas
imperialism, comparativen13; see also empire, Aztec
Incas
incense, see copal incense
incense burners
Indian, definition of
inheritance
insects
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
interpretivist approach
irrigation
Itzcoatl, Mexica king
Itzocan
Iximche’
ixiptla
Ixquimilli
Ixtacihuatl, Mt.
Ixtapalapa
Ixtepec
Ixtlilxochitl, Acolhua king
Ixtlilxochitl, Fernando de Alva, see Alva Ixtlilxochitl, Fernando de
Iztli
jade
jaguar skins
jaguars
jewelry; see also ear spools; lip plugs; nose plugs
Jolly Roger, see pirate flags
judges
Justeson, John
Kaqchikel
Kaufman, Terence
kingship; dynastic legitimacy; state ceremonies
kinship
Klein, Cecilia
land tenure
languages, Mesoamerican; see also Nahuatl language
lapidary production
laws
LeÓn-Portilla, Miguel
Lerma River
lies
lime burners
lime for construction
linguistics
lip plugs
liquidambar
literature
Lockhart, James
loom, backstrap
LÓpez Luján, Leonardo
LÓpez Mateos, Alfredo
lost wax casting
luxury goods; see also feathers; jewelry
macaws
Macuilxochitl
magicn32; see also divination
maguey
maize
Malinalca peoples
Malinalcon
Malinche, La, see Malintzin
Malintzin
manuscripts, pictorial; see also books
maps
marketsn7; modern markets; Tlatelolco market; Valley of Mexico market system
Marquina, Ignacio
marriage; marriage alliances
masks
masons
mat-makers
mathematics
Matlatzinca language and peoples
Matlatzinco
Matos Moctezuma, Eduardo
Maxtla, Tepanec king
Maya: Classic culturen4; Postclassic culture
Mayahuel
Mazahua language
Medellin Zeñil, Alfonso
medicinal plants
medicine
memory, social
men; see also gender
Mendoza, Antonio de
merchants; see also pochteca merchants; tlanecuilo (regional merchants)
Mesoamerica
mestizos
metals, see bronze; gold; silver
metalworkers
metates
metro, Mexico City
Metztitlan
Metztli
Mexica peoples; see also Tenochtitlan; Tlatelolco
Mexican culture, modern
Mexico City
Mezcala-style masks
Mictlan
Mictlantecuhtli
middens
midwives
mirrors, obsidian
migration; see also Aztlan
Mixcoac
Mixcoatl
Mixquic
Mixtec peoples
Mixteca-Puebla art stylen1
mobility, social
mole sauce
Molina, Friar Alonso de
moneyn15n19; see also axe-money; cacao; quachtli (cotton cape)
Monte Alban
Morehart, Christopher
Morelos; see also Capilco; Cuexcomate; Teopanzolco; Yautepec
mortars, stone, see metates
mosaics
Motecuhzoma I, Mexica king
Motecuhzoma II, Mexica king
Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, Mexica king, see Motecuhzoma I
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, Mexica king, see Motecuhzoma II
Moyocoyani
mummy bundles
mural paintings
Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico City), see museums
museums
music; see also drums; trumpets
myths
Nahuas
Nahuatl language
Nanahuatzin
National Museum of Anthropology, see museums
needles, bronze
new fire ceremony, see rituals, new fire ceremony
New Spain
Nezahualcoyotl, Acolhua king; palace ofn33
Nezahualpilli, Acolhua king
Nichols, Deborah L.
Nicholson, H. B.
noblesn30; see also social stratification
Noguez, Xavier
Nonoalco
nopal cactus
nose plugs; see also jewelry
nutrition
Oaxaca
obsidian; geological sourcesn4 (see also Otumba; Pachuca, obsidian source at); production of tools and jewelry, trade in
occupations
ocher
octli, see pulque
offerings; at Templo Mayorn17; see also burials; temples
Olmec culture
Omacatl
Omecihuatl
Ometecuhtli
Ometeotl
Ometochtli
oratory
Otis Charlton, Cynthia
Otomi peoples
Otumban21n5; craft production at; obsidian source at
Overholtzer, Lisan
Oztuman
Pachuca, obsidian source at
painters
paints
palaces
paper; production of
paperworkers
parrots
Parsons, Jeffrey R.
patio groups
patolli (game)
patron gods
peasants
physical anthropologists
physicians
piercing, body, see ear plugs; jewelry; lip plugs; nose plugs
pirate flags
platforms; see also altars; palaces; skull platforms; skull racks; temple-pyramids
Plaza of the Three Cultures, Tlatelolco
plazas
Pleiades constellation
> pochteca merchantsn5; social position of
poetry
Polanyi, Karl
political-religious links
Popocatepetl, Mt.
population: growth, size
Potonchan
potsherds
pottery; production of, trade in, vessels used in offerings and rituals
pozole
Price, T. Jeffrey
prices
priests
propaganda
Puebla Valley
pulque
punishment of children
pyramids, see temple-pyramids
quachtli (cotton cape)
quail
Quauchichinollan
quauhpilli (eagle lord)
Quauhtochco
quetzal
Quetzalcoatl, Cortés legendn12; as title for priests; seealso Ehecatl
Quinatzin: king; Mapa Quinatzin
rabbits
rainfall, see climate, central Mexico
raised fields, see chinampas
random sampling
rattles; bone rattles, see bones, notched
rebus writing
reed mats
regional survey
Relaciones Geográficas
religionn7; see also gods; myths; offerings; priests; rituals; temples
rituals domestic; new fire ceremony state ceremonies
Rodríguez-Alegía, Enrique
rope-makers
rubber
rubber workers
Ruiz de AlarcÓn, Hernando
rural areas; see also peasants
sacred precinct: at Tenochtitlan, at Tlatelolco
sacrifice, humann9n10; symbolism of; victims
sacrificial stones
Sahagún, Friar Bernardino de
salt
sandal-makers
sandals
Sanders, William T.
Santa Cecilia Acatitlan
Santa Cruz, College of
schools
scribes
sculpture, stone
Seler, Eduard
servants
settlement patterns
shells
shield-makers
shields
silver
silversmiths
site surface research
skull platforms
skull racks
skulls
slaves
smallpox
snakes
social stratificationn1
Socialist Labor Party
Soconusco, see Xoconochco
soldiers; see also warfare
sorcerors
Soustelle, Jacques
Spanish conquest of the Aztecs
Spanish language
specialization, see craft production; occupations
spindle whorls
spinning; see also spindle whorls; textiles, production of
squash
standard of living
Sterpone, Osvaldo
stonecutters
sun, symbolism of
sweat bath
sweeping
syncretism, religious
tacos
Tacuba
tailors
tamales
Tamoanchan
tanners
Tarascans; empire of
taxesn30n5; imperial; local; record-keeping
Tecciztecatl
technology; see also agriculture; metals; obsidian
Telpochtli
‘Temple of Sacred Warfare’ sculpture
temple-pyramids; see also temples
temples; circular; see also temple-pyramids; Templo Mayor (Tenochtitlan)
Templo Mayor (Tenochtitlan) excavations at
Tenayuca
Tenochtitlan craft production at; founding of Spanish conquest of, urban planning of; see also sacred precinct; Templo Mayor (Tenochtitlan)
Teopanzolco
Teotenango
Teotihuacan; Aztec city at; religion of; role in Aztec history and myth
teotl
Tepanec empire
Tepanec peoples
Tepanec war
Tepexpan; see also Tira de Tepechpan
Tepeyollotl
teponaztli, see drums
Tepoztlan
terracing, agricultural
territoryn7; see also borders
Teteoinnan
Tetlama
Texcocon33; city-state; economic activities at
Texcoco, Lake
Texcotzinco
textiles production of (see also spinning); as tax items, see also quachtli (cotton cape)
Tezcatlipoca
Tezozomoc, Fernando de Alva (chronicler), see Alvarado Tezozomoc, Fernando de
Tezozomoc, Tepanec king
Tezozomoctli, Colhua king
time, Aztec concepts of
Tira de la PeregrinaciÓn
Tira de Tepechpan
Titlacahuan
Tizaapan
Tizoc, Mexica king
Tizoc stone
Tlacaelel, Mexica noble
Tlacaxipehualiztli
Tlacopan; see also Tacuba
Tlahuica peoples
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
Tlaloc
Tlalocan
Tlaltecuhtli
tlanecuilo (regional merchants)
Tlatelolcon15; market at
tlatoani, see kingship
Tlatolcaltizn, Colhua king
Tlaxcalla
tlaxilacalli
Tlazolteotl
tobacco
tobacco-tube makers
Tollan; see also Tula
Toltecsn15; seealso Tula
Toluca
Toluca Valley
tomatoes
tonalpohualli, see calendars-day ritual calendar
Tonatiuh
Torquemada, Friar Juan de
tortillas
Totoltepec
Totonac peoples
tourism
Townsend, Richard
Toxcatl
trade, see commerce; markets; merchants
transportn11
trash
trecenas
tributen see also taxes
Triple Alliance; see also empire, Aztec
trumpets
Tulan1; see also Toltecs
Tululm
turkeys
turquoise
turtle-shell rattles
Tututepecn18
Tzintzuntzan; see also Tarascans
Tzitzimimen17
tzompantli, see skull rack
Umberger, Emily
urban planning: Aztec; Mesoamerican
urban revolution
urbanismn1n3; see also cities; urban planning
Uto-Aztecan language family
Valley of Mexico, environment
Valley of Mexico Archaeological Survey Project
Velásquez, Diego de
Venus
Veracruz
warfare captives; weapons and supplies; see also fortresses; warriors
warriors; costumes; social status of; training of; see also warfare
weavers
weaving, see textiles, production of
weddings,
weights and measures
whistles
Whitmore, Thomas
womenn12; gender roles, and textile production
wood
woodcarvers
world-system, Mesoamerican
writing: Aztecn Mesoamerican
Xaltocan
Xico
Xipe Totec
Xitle, Mt.
Xiuhcoatl, deity
xiuhcoatl, weapon
Xiuhtecuhtli
Xochicalcon1
Xochimilca peoples; see also Xochimilco
Xochimilco
Xochimilco, Lake
Xochipilli
Xochiquetzal
Xochitl, important day name
Xoconochco
X
olotl
yacatas
Yacatecuhtli
Yaotl
Yautepecn artifacts and features at city-state; fieldwork atn10; imported goods atn21
Yope peoples
Yucatan
Zapata, Emiliano
Zapotec peoples
Zempoala
Zorita, Alonso de
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