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Aztec painted manuscripts and sculptural works, as well as indigenous and Spanish sixteenth-century texts, were filled with images of foodstuffs and food processing and consumption. Both gods and humans were depicted feasting, and food and eating clearly played a pervasive, integral role in Aztec rituals. Basic foods were transformed into sacred elements within particular rituals, while food in turn gave meaning to the ritual performance.This pioneering book offers the first integrated study of
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- Author
- Elizabeth Morán
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781477310700
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Art, Folklore, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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