Book
The broken spears: the Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico
Beacon Press • Boston • Published In 1962 • Pages:
By: León-Portilla, Miguel, Kemp, Lysander, 1920, Garibay K., Angel María (Garibay Kintana).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source consists of selected excerpts from a number of primary sources revealing the Aztec point of view of the downfall of their imperial society and culture, as recounted by native authors and informants, in some cases from living memory. The excerpts are reassembled in chronological order, from portents a decade prior to the arrival of the Spanish, through the fall of Tenochtitlan.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External relations
- Instigation of war
- Uniform and accouterment
- Weapons
- Education system
- Writing
- Historical reconstruction
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Missions
- Revelation and divination
- Aftermath of combat
- Sorcery
- Priesthood
- Organized ceremonial
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Naming
- Religious denominations
- Visual arts
- Warfare
- Tactics
- Peacemaking
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aztecs
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnohistorian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1519-1521
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mexico City (Teotihuacan), Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Miguel León-Portilla ; English translation by Lysander Kemp. Illus., adapted from original codices paintings, by Alberto Beltran
- Translation of: [Visión de los vencidos] which was translated from Nahuati by Angel Maria Garibay K.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-162)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 6200724
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aztecs