Pueblos within Pueblos: Tlaxilacalli Communities in Acolhuacan, Mexico, ca. 1272-1692

by Benjamin D. Johnson

Focusing on the specific case of Acolhuacan in the eastern Basin of Mexico, Pueblos within Pueblos is the first book to systematically analyze tlaxilacalli history over nearly four centuries, beginning with their rise at the dawn of the Aztec empire through their transformation into the "pueblos" of mid-colonial New Spain. Even before the rise of the Aztecs, commoners in pre-Hispanic central Mexico set the groundwork for a new style of imperial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646420144
• ISBN13: 9781646420148
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up