Book
The Aztecs: the history of the Indies of New Spain
Orion Press • New York • Published In 1964 • Pages:
By: Durán, Diego, d..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This comprehensive history of the Aztecs from the native perspective is an English "adaptation" of the Spanish text by a sympathetic mid-sixteenth century Dominican friar who spoke Nahuatl and employed numerous informants who could interpret and elaborate upon surviving pre-Hispanic codices. Beginning with mythic origins in Aztlan and the journey to Tenochtitlan, it proceeds with increasing detail through the reign of each sovereign, concluding with a rather brief account of the Spanish conquest. Most illustrations are taken from earlier Colonial period codices rather than the original work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- History
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Instigation of war
- Special burial practices and funerals
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Representative art
- 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.
- Missionary
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1559-1581
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1350-1525
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central highland Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Fray Diego Durán ; translated with notes, by Doris Heyden and Fernando Horcasitas. Introd. by Ignacio Bernal
- Uniform Title: Historia de las Indias de Nueva España y Islas de Tierra Firme. English
- Translation of Historia de las Indias de Nueva-España y islas de Tierra Firme]
- 'Covers the entire Historia de las Indias but does not include the books dedicated to rites and the calendar.'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-365)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63019949
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aztecs--History/Aztecs--Social life and customs/Mexico--History--To 1519/Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540