Azteca Book List

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A book list for people who want to study more of the Aztecs. (I linked them to their Amazon listing in the states.)

Daily Life of the Aztecs

The Broken Spears: The Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico

Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions

The Illustrated dictionary of the gods and symbols of ancient Mexico and the Maya

Codex Chimalpopoca


Codex Borgia


The Dialogue of the Earth and Sky

The war of Witches: A Journey into the underworld of the contemporary Aztecs (I have not read this one yet, I’ve read all the others or have had them. I heard this one is a must read, especially if you’re into Aztec magic/witchcraft. It’s made by the same ethnographer, Timothy Knab who did Dialogue.)

If you’re a bibliophile or lover of knowledge, the largest primary source on the Aztecs is the Florentine codex. It’s often the most referenced as well, because it’s comprised of 12 books in total that covers the entirety of the ancient Aztecs. However, it’s very expensive in English, even buying all together a few years back was about 500 bucks if not more so. It’s better to buy them individually, even though it’s a tad more expensive.

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