"Diverse anthology treating prehispanic themes, including: agriculture, quotidian technology, Tarascan metallurgy, lowland Maya non-market exchange, 16th-century militarism, Triple Alliance organization and structure, Tenochca tribute organization, the northern frontier, the trans-Tarascan zone, central Mexican and highland Maya interaction, sculpture, calendars, and cosmovision. Another chapter of special worth for ethnohistorians, 'El registro de la historia,' offers a brief overview of the historical record in its various forms across time and space, with special attention to epigraphy and codices"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.