Aztec

Here is an original and exciting guide to Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas — and the people that went before them. Stunning full-colour photographs of weapons and tools, sculpture, metalwork, and ceramics offer a unique “eyewitness” view of these rich an Aztec sacrificial knife @ a Teotihuacan mask . made from turquoise and coral @a life-size statue of an eagle warrior @ a Peruvian mummy bundle what a Mayan market looked like @ why jade was so important to the people of Mesoamerica @ the techniques used by Aztec goldsmiths @ why the quetzal bird was so important why the Aztecs made human sacrifices @ how to play the ball-game ©@ what sort of clothes Mayan women ae) wore @ how the Mayan calendar worked | | A DORLING KINDERSLEY BOOK