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

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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jansen, Maarten E. R. G. N. 1952- (-)
Other Authors: Pérez Jiménez, Gabina Aurora
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2011.
Series:The Early Americas: History and Culture 1.
Subjects:
Manuscripts, Mixtec.
Picture-writing > Mexico.
Mixtec language > Writing.
Mixtec Indians > History.
Mexico > History > To 1519.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427470206719
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • I. Introduction To Mixtec Pictography / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • II. Treasures From Ancient Libraries / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • III. Rediscovery And Decipherment / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • IV. Contemporary Studies And Discussions / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • V. Post Colonial Hermeneutics / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • VI. Acts And Visions / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • VII. Memory Landscape / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • VIII. Foundation Narratives / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • IX. The Noble Houses / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • X. Colonial Transformation / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • XI. Political And Ideological Dynamics / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • References / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez
  • Index / M. Jansen and G.A. Pérez Jiménez.

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