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Reinventing The Aztecs, Part One By Ronald A. Barnett

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Article review of Reinventing the Aztecs, Part one by Ronald A. Barnett Reinventing the Aztecs, Part one was a self-eluding article that really took away from the everyday knowledge of the Aztecs and let the reader really get into what the Aztecs were about music, spiritually and religiously from different ideas of poems and sacrifices. Throughout the article the reader listens as Barnett gives an insight of the many different rituals that were not usually given to the audience in a history book. For example most know the Aztecs for not being appreciated until several decades after the Spaniards destroyed the Aztec civilization but many don’t know that the Aztecs were extremely devoted to landscapes, and music as well as human sacrifices and …show more content…

1“The Aztecs, it seems, were passionately devoted to flowers and songs as well as to human sacrifice. For some researchers this gentle, artistic side of the Aztec character is expressed in the Nahuatl phrase in xochitl in cuicatl ("The Flower, the Song"), which is said to represent the art of poetry among the Aztecs, as well as other artistic activities.” Given the harsh nature of the Aztecs, Barnett sheds a light on their emotional side and gives the reader a better understanding of the Aztecs. Reading through the article one can tell that many sources were used to write this article. Although there is no sources cited, Barnett uses a lot of different time frames that match up with the history book and other articles that are directly about the Aztecs. The earliest date being 1550 A.D. and the latest 1989. Barnett grew up in the inner soul of Mexico forming several relationships with the Huichol Indians, the Curanderos, and the Temasceleros so he is very familiar with many pre-Hispanic traditions and ceremonies that focused on early life in the Mexico region. Barnett spends his time researching Mexican history and agriculture and other interesting topics. Every day he finds new things to look for and continuously researches until there is nothing left to know about that said

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