Encounter with the plumed serpent : drama and power in the heart of Mesoamerica /

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The Mixtec, or the people of Savi ("Nation of the Rain God"), one of the major civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica, made their home in the highlands of Oaxaca, where they resisted both Aztec military expansion and the Spanish conquest. This book presents and interprets the sacred historie...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Jansen, Maarten E. R. G. N. (Maarten Evert Reinoud Gerard Nicolaas), 1952-
Autres auteurs: Pérez Jiménez, Gabina Aurora
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2007.
Collection:Mesoamerican worlds.
Sujets:
Manuscripts, Mixtec.
Mixtec Indians > Historiography.
Mixtec Indians > Genealogy.
Mixtec Indians > Social life and customs.
Manuscrits mixtèques.
Mixtèques > Historiographie.
Mixtèques > Généalogies.
Mixtèques > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Manuscripts, Mixtec
Mixtec Indians
Mixtec Indians > Social life and customs
Codices.
Midden-Amerika.
Genealogy
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The mat and the throne
  • Storytelling and ritual
  • Descent of the plumed serpent
  • Founding mothers
  • The rise of Ñuu Tnoo
  • Lord of the Toltecs
  • Triumph and tragedy
  • Flute of the divine
  • The crown of Motecuhzoma.

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