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The Mixtec pictorial manuscripts : time, agency, and memory in ancient Mexico / by Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen, Gabina Aurora Perez Jimenez.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Early Americas: history and culture ; v. 1.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 572 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004193581
  • 9004193588
  • 1283039516
  • 9781283039512
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mixtec pictorial manuscripts.LOC classification:
  • F1219.54.M59 J37 2011eb
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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 Mixtec manuscripts that survive in Europe, the United States and Mexico, outlines the history of their decipherment, current questions, discussions and methodologies relating to readings, social organisation, religion and historical drama, and surveys the six centuries of Mixtec history covered in.
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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.

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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 Mixtec manuscripts that survive in Europe, the United States and Mexico, outlines the history of their decipherment, current questions, discussions and methodologies relating to readings, social organisation, religion and historical drama, and surveys the six centuries of Mixtec history covered in.

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