Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pt. 1. Introduction and linguistic commentary
  • Ch. 1. Background
  • The Kaqchikel and Mesoamerica
  • Composition of the Iximche' polity
  • The Kaqchikel and their neighbors
  • Rulers
  • After the invasion
  • Ch. 2. The documents
  • The indigenous writing tradition
  • The annals of the Cakchiquels
  • The Xpantzay cartulary
  • Ch. 3. Linguistic commentary
  • The writing system
  • Translation format
  • Tropes of the Maya literary canon
  • Lexical change
  • Colonial Kaqchikel grammar
  • Nahuatl influence
  • Conclusion
  • Ch. 4. The translation project and politics
  • Limitations of earlier translations
  • Ideology of translation
  • Mechanics of this translation project
  • Fruits of the collaboration
  • Pt. 2. The Chronicles
  • Spanish map of Xpantzay lands
  • The "annals"
  • The Xpantzay cartulary.