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B. Cassirer, Oxford, [Published date: 1948]. Hardcover, 112 pp; 25 cm. No other printings listed. Illustrated with 47 halftone plates and numerous line drawings throughout.
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In good condition / no dust jacket. Tan illustrated paper-covered boards with orange cloth spine; boards show moderate age toning with scattered foxing and light surface spotting and soiling, along with mild edge wear and light bumping to corners. Binding firm and square. Interior pages show light to moderate foxing, heaviest to preliminaries and endpapers, with otherwise unmarked text and plates. No dust jacket. Survey of pre-Columbian Mexican civilization by C. A. Burland (1905-1983), British ethnologist and authority on Mesoamerican cultures. Presents an accessible synthesis of archaeological and ethnographic knowledge of ancient Mexico, with emphasis on the Aztec world and its cultural predecessors. Burland examines daily life, religious practices, artistic production, and social organization, drawing on material culture including sculpture, architecture, and codices. The volume incorporates photographic plates of major artifacts and sites such as Teotihuacan and Mitla, along with explanatory line drawings derived from indigenous sources including the Codex Borgia. The text also addresses calendrical systems, writing, and broader cultural continuities among indigenous groups. Contents include: Foreword; Mexico, Then and Now; The Aztecs; A Prehistoric History; The Ancient Mexicans at Work; Other Tribes and Other Ways; Some Underlying Unities; Appendix: Ancient Mexican Writing; The Calendrical System; Time Chart; Bibliography; Glossary and Index; List of Illustrations