Research Paper

Mortuary practices among the Aztec in the light of ethnohistorical and archaeological sources

Author: D. Iguaz

Abstract

This paper deals with one particular aspect of the so-called 'death cult' among the Aztecs, which concerns the disposal of the dead and the supernatural and cosmological ideology behind it.

Keywords: mortuary practice, Aztec, burial, ethnohistory

How to Cite: Iguaz, D. (1993) “Mortuary practices among the Aztec in the light of ethnohistorical and archaeological sources”, Papers from the Institute of Archaeology. 4(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.5334/pia.45