Encounter with the Plumed Serpent : Drama and Power in the Heart of Mesoamerica
by Jansen, MaartenFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-04-30
Publisher(s): Univ Pr of Colorado
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Summary
Two leading scholars of the Mixtec, a major civilization of ancient Mesoamerica, present and interpret the sacred histories narrated in the Mixtec codices, the largest surviving collection of pre-Columbian manuscripts.
Author Biography
Gabina Aurora Perez Jimenez is a faculty member in the Archaeology Department of Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| The Mat and the Throne | p. 1 |
| Storytelling and Ritual | p. 33 |
| Descent of the Plumed Serpent | p. 65 |
| Founding Mothers | p. 115 |
| The Rise of Nuu Tnoo | p. 153 |
| Lord of the Toltecs | p. 191 |
| Triumph and Tragedy | p. 241 |
| Flute of the Divine | p. 277 |
| The Crown of Motecuhzoma | p. 297 |
| Notes | p. 303 |
| References | p. 347 |
| Index | p. 369 |
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