The Toltecs

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Toltecs
Until the Fall of Tula
The Toltecs, a Postclassic people of Central Mexico, flourished from about A.D. 900 to A.D. 1179, succeeding the Teotihuacán culture and preceding the Aztec or Mexica culture. Drawing upon archaeological records and upon the documentary sources, the author here attempts to compile an accurate history of these people, about whom there is a great deal of controversy. To as accurate an extent as possible the author sorts out what is fact, what may be fact, and what is pure legend; he sets up a chronology of events in Toltec history; he ascertains, from the available evidence, the extent of the Toltec Empire at its zenith, and the extent of its government, economic and social organization.
Beginning with a discussion of the problems involved in unravelling the Mesoamerican sources and reconciling their data with the archaeological sources, the book then describes the collapse of Teotihuacán, the rise of Tula as the center of Toltec civilization,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Ttie
Toltecs
Until the Fall of Tula
The Toltecs, a Postclassic people of Central Mexico, flourished from about A.D. 900 to A.D. 1179, succeeding the Teotihuacán culture and preceding the Aztec or Mexica culture. Drawing upon archaeological records and upon the documentary sources, the author here attempts to compile an accurate history of these people, about whom there is a great deal of controversy. To as accurate an extent as possible the author sorts out what is fact, what may be fact, and what is pure legend; he sets up a chronology of events in Toltec history; he ascertains, from the available evidence, the extent of the Toltec Empire at its zenith, and the extent of its government, economic and social organization.
Beginning with a discussion of the problems involved in unravelling the Mesoamerican sources and reconciling their data with the archaeological sources, the book then describes the collapse of Teotihuacán, the rise of Tula as the center of Toltec civilization, and the relations between Tula and the Mayan city, Chichén Itzá. The book ends with a detailed discussion of
the collapse of Tula, with
emphasis on the problems of rhT^ nology.
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The history of the Toltecs from the fall of Tula to the rise of Tenochtit-lán will be the subject of a future volume.
Volume 144 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series.
The Author
NIGEL DAVIES, born in Hendon, England, was educated at Eton College, at the Esquela Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City, and at London University from which he received the Ph.D. degree.
He has lived in Mexico City since 1962. He has studied extensively the histories and cultures of the ancient peoples of Mexico, and has written several books both in Spanish and in English on these peoples.
University of Oklahoma Press Norman Vissza