About the Author

David Carrasco is Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America with a joint appointment in the Department of Anthropology and the Divinity School at Harvard University. He was recently awarded the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle. He is the author or editor of numerous books including Cave, City, and Eagle's Nest: An Interpretive Journey through the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2, coedited by Scott Sessions, and Breaking Through Mexico's Past: Digging the Aztecs with Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, coauthored by Leonardo Lopez Lujan and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, both available from UNM Press.