Book contents
- Everyday Life in the Aztec World
- Everyday Life in the Aztec World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Pronunciation Guide
- A Little Background
- A Note on Sources
- List of Fictional Characters
- Part I Lives
- Part II Intersecting Lives
- 7 A Child Is Born
- 8 Market Day in Tlatelolco
- 9 Judgment Day
- 10 A Battle Far Afield
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- References
- Index
8 - Market Day in Tlatelolco
from Part II - Intersecting Lives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 November 2020
- Everyday Life in the Aztec World
- Everyday Life in the Aztec World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Pronunciation Guide
- A Little Background
- A Note on Sources
- List of Fictional Characters
- Part I Lives
- Part II Intersecting Lives
- 7 A Child Is Born
- 8 Market Day in Tlatelolco
- 9 Judgment Day
- 10 A Battle Far Afield
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8, “Market Day in Tlatelolco,” takes the reader to the grandest marketplace in the Aztec realm, the market at Tlatelolco. It surveys buyers and sellers and their wares, means of buying and selling, and the use of various types of money, including cacao beans and cotton cloaks.
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- Everyday Life in the Aztec World , pp. 170 - 191Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020