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Reply to comment by drauthlin in An extensive cache of Aztec ritual offerings provides new insight into pre-Hispanic religious rites and political propaganda — excavations continue in downtown Mexico City, where the empire's holiest shrine was historically situated by marketrent
Aguilar-Moreno's Handbook to Life in the Aztec World is a very accessible and comprehensive introduction. It's a few years old at this point, so should be easy to find a used copy for cheap.
If you want something more bite-sized and in the web, Mexicolore (despite it's Web 1.0 appearance) is a great resource. Many of its articles are written by scholars in the field.
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Reply to comment by whitelines4president in An extensive cache of Aztec ritual offerings provides new insight into pre-Hispanic religious rites and political propaganda — excavations continue in downtown Mexico City, where the empire's holiest shrine was historically situated by marketrent
The problem with that podcast, and the plethora of media focused on the "fall" of the Aztecs, is that it's essentially starting a story from the end. Such framing often leads to the Aztecs being portrayed as a civilization doomed from the start, as well as privileging the Spanish worldview and making the story about them, the Aztecs more as scenery than actors.