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Tarascan: P'Urhpecha Language, Tarascan Sites, Tzintzuntzan, Tarascan State, Tangaxuan II, Cutzamala

Tarascan: P'Urhpecha Language, Tarascan Sites, Tzintzuntzan, Tarascan State, Tangaxuan II, Cutzamala


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Tzintzuntzan archeological site was the ceremonial center of the ancient P'urhpecha capital of the same name. The name comes from the Purhpecha word Tsintsuntsani, which means "place of hummingbirds". After being in Ptzcuaro for the first years of the Prhpecha empire, power was consolidated in Tzintzuntzan in the mid 15th century. The empire continued to grow and hold off attacks by the neighboring Aztec Empire, until the Spanish arrived. Not wanting to suffer the destruction that Aztec capital Tenochtitlan did, the emperor in this city surrendered to the Spanish. Eventually, much of the site and especially its distinct five rounded pyramids called yacatas were destroyed and the city almost completely abandoned. Due to lack of interest in the old Purhpecha dominion, excavation of this site did not begin until the 1930s. Its largest construction are the five yacata pyramids, which line up looking out over Lake Ptzcuaro. The other is the large Grand Platform excavated into the hillside on which the yacatas and other buildings rest. Today the site is still used for events such as the Festival Cultural de Fin de Ao. P'urhpecha copper and brass objects in the site museumTzintzuntzan was the capital of the Purhpecha (or Tarasco) Empire when the Spanish arrived in the 1520s. As these people did not leave written records, what we know of this city and its empire come from Spanish writings and archeological evidence. The main Spanish document is called the Relacin de Michoacn, written by Jernimo de Alcal based on what he was told by the Purhpecha elite in 1539. Other writings that refer to the capital include Hernn Corts fourth letter in 1524, La informacin de Don Vasco de Quiroga, sobre el asiento de su iglesia Catedral, from 15... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=195762


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158136216
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 34
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 64 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158136218
  • Publisher Date: 13 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: P'Urhpecha Language, Tarascan Sites, Tzintzuntzan, Tarascan State, Tangaxuan II, Cutzamala
  • Width: 229 mm


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