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Book Synopsis
An authoritative translation of and commentary on primary sixteenth-and seventeenth-century source documents for understanding Kaqchikel Maya history.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Key to the Abbreviations of Grammatical Categories Used in the Interlinear Glosses
  • Part One. Introduction and Linguistic Commentary
    • Chapter 1. Background
      • The Kaqchikel and Mesoamerica
      • Composition of the Iximche' Polity
      • The Kaqchikel and Their Neighbors
      • Rulers
      • After the Invasion
    • Chapter 2. The Documents
      • The Indigenous Writing Tradition
      • The Annals of the Cakchiquels
      • The Xpantzay Cartulary
    • Chapter 3. Linguistic Commentary
      • The Writing System
      • Translation Format
      • Tropes of the Maya Literary Canon
      • Lexical Change
      • Colonial Kaqchikel Grammar
      • Nahuatl Influence
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 4. The Translation Project and Politics
      • Limitations of Earlier Translations
      • Ideology of Translation
      • Mechanics of This Translation Project
      • Fruits of the Collaboration
    • Charts
      • 1. Ajpo Xajil
      • 2. Ajpo Sotz'il
      • 3. Ajaw Xpantzay
      • 4. Combined Rulers
      • 5. Kaqchikel Winäq
    • Bibliography
  • Part Two. The Chronicles
    • Spanish Map of Xpantzay Lands
    • The "Annals"
      • Xajil Chronicle
      • Pakal Documents
      • Q'ebut Genealogy
      • Q'eqak'üch Genealogy
      • The Don Pedro Elías Martín Chronicle
      • Accounts of Disputes, 1580s-1591
      • Contribution Records
      • Marriages of Francisco Díaz
    • The Xpantzay Cartulary
      • Lands and Boundaries of the Xpantzay
      • Origins and Lands of the Xpantzay
      • The Complaint
      • The Xpantzay Genealogy by Alonso Pérez
      • The Xpantzay Genealogy by Felipe Vásquez
      • Wars of the Sotz'il and the Tuquche'

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/08/2006
      ISBN13: 9780292712706, 978-0292712706
      ISBN10: 0292712707

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An authoritative translation of and commentary on primary sixteenth-and seventeenth-century source documents for understanding Kaqchikel Maya history.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Key to the Abbreviations of Grammatical Categories Used in the Interlinear Glosses
      • Part One. Introduction and Linguistic Commentary
        • Chapter 1. Background
          • The Kaqchikel and Mesoamerica
          • Composition of the Iximche' Polity
          • The Kaqchikel and Their Neighbors
          • Rulers
          • After the Invasion
        • Chapter 2. The Documents
          • The Indigenous Writing Tradition
          • The Annals of the Cakchiquels
          • The Xpantzay Cartulary
        • Chapter 3. Linguistic Commentary
          • The Writing System
          • Translation Format
          • Tropes of the Maya Literary Canon
          • Lexical Change
          • Colonial Kaqchikel Grammar
          • Nahuatl Influence
          • Conclusion
        • Chapter 4. The Translation Project and Politics
          • Limitations of Earlier Translations
          • Ideology of Translation
          • Mechanics of This Translation Project
          • Fruits of the Collaboration
        • Charts
          • 1. Ajpo Xajil
          • 2. Ajpo Sotz'il
          • 3. Ajaw Xpantzay
          • 4. Combined Rulers
          • 5. Kaqchikel Winäq
        • Bibliography
      • Part Two. The Chronicles
        • Spanish Map of Xpantzay Lands
        • The "Annals"
          • Xajil Chronicle
          • Pakal Documents
          • Q'ebut Genealogy
          • Q'eqak'üch Genealogy
          • The Don Pedro Elías Martín Chronicle
          • Accounts of Disputes, 1580s-1591
          • Contribution Records
          • Marriages of Francisco Díaz
        • The Xpantzay Cartulary
          • Lands and Boundaries of the Xpantzay
          • Origins and Lands of the Xpantzay
          • The Complaint
          • The Xpantzay Genealogy by Alonso Pérez
          • The Xpantzay Genealogy by Felipe Vásquez
          • Wars of the Sotz'il and the Tuquche'

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