| The Mixtec Pictorial Manuscripts: Time, Agency and Memory in Ancient Mexico Contributor(s): Jansen, Maarten (Author), Pérez Jiménez, Gabina Aurora (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004187529 ISBN-13: 9789004187528 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $217.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico - History | United States - General - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 972.740 |
| LCCN: 2010030391 |
| Series: Early Americas: History and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" (2.30 lbs) 600 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 the texts. |
