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The Mixtec pictorial manuscripts : time, agency, and memory in ancient Mexico /

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The Mixtec civilization (of Oaxaca, Mexico) is one of the most interesting to survive from pre-colonial Mesoamerica. Among its characteristic products were highly artistic pictographic codices depicting the history and dynasties of its city-states. This handbook surveys and describes the illustrated...

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Main Author: Jansen, Maarten E. R. G. N. (Maarten Evert Reinoud Gerard Nicolaas), 1952-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Pérez Jiménez, Gabina Aurora
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Early Americas: history and culture ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Manuscripts, Mixtec.
Picture-writing > Mexico.
Mixtec language > Writing.
Mixtec Indians > History.
Mexico > History > To 1519.
Manuscrits mixtèques.
Mixtèques > Histoire.
Mexique > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1519.
HISTORY.
HISTORY / United States / General
Mixtec Indians.
Picture-writing.
Mexico.
To 1519
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Part One 209;ee 209;uhu Sanaha: The Ancient Books
  • I. Introduction to Mixtec Pictography
  • II. Treasures From Ancient Libraries
  • III. Rediscovery and Decipherment
  • IV. Contemporary Studies and Discussions
  • Part Two Tnuni Tani209;o: Signs And Symbols
  • V. Post Colonial Hermeneutics
  • VI. Acts and Visions
  • VII. Memory Landscape
  • Part Three Yaa Tnuhu: Dynastic History
  • VIII. Foundation Narratives
  • IX. The Noble Houses
  • X. ColonialTransformation
  • Conclusion 209;uu Tayu: The Sovereign Community
  • Xi. Political and Ideological Dynamics
  • References
  • Index.