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A pioneering interpretation of an ancient Mixtec painted book that offers a unique window into how the Mixtecs themselves viewed their social and political cosmos.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword by F. Kent Reilly III
  • Author's Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction by John M. D. Pohl
  • Part One
    • Chapter 1: It Happened Long Ago
    • Chapter 2: The People of the Codices
    • Chapter 3: The Narrative Structure of Codex Zouche-Nuttall Obverse
    • Chapter 4: Sacred Geography, Personified Geography
    • Chapter 5: Caves in Mesoamerican Iconography: Chalcatzingo and the Mixteca
  • Part Two
    • Chapter 6: Lord Eight Wind's Introduction
    • Chapter 7: The War from Heaven, Part One
    • Chapter 8: The War from Heaven, Part Two
    • Chapter 9: Lord Eight Wind's Family
    • Chapter 10: Transition to the Future: Eight Wind, Two Rain, and Eight Deer
  • Part Three
    • Chapter 11: Rituals of Order: Codices Zouche-Nuttall and Vienna
    • Chapter 12: The Problem of the Two Dead Lords
    • Chapter 13: The Epiclassic Mixtec Ceremonial Complex
  • Appendix I: Biographical Sketches of Major Personnel from the Codices: Lord Eight Deer the Usurper, Lord Two Rain the King, and Lady Six Monkey of Jaltepec
  • Appendix II: Notes for Codex Zouche-Nuttall Pages 1-4
  • Appendix III: Codex Zouche-Nuttall Reverse Day Dates on Pages 46a-48a for Year 5 Reed (AD 1095) and Lord Eight Deer's Campaign as Lord of Tututepec
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Lord Eight Wind of Suchixtlan and the Heroes of

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    A Paperback / softback by Robert Lloyd Williams, F. Kent Reilly, John M. D. Pohl

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/2009
      ISBN13: 9780292725737, 978-0292725737
      ISBN10: 0292725736

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A pioneering interpretation of an ancient Mixtec painted book that offers a unique window into how the Mixtecs themselves viewed their social and political cosmos.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword by F. Kent Reilly III
      • Author's Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction by John M. D. Pohl
      • Part One
        • Chapter 1: It Happened Long Ago
        • Chapter 2: The People of the Codices
        • Chapter 3: The Narrative Structure of Codex Zouche-Nuttall Obverse
        • Chapter 4: Sacred Geography, Personified Geography
        • Chapter 5: Caves in Mesoamerican Iconography: Chalcatzingo and the Mixteca
      • Part Two
        • Chapter 6: Lord Eight Wind's Introduction
        • Chapter 7: The War from Heaven, Part One
        • Chapter 8: The War from Heaven, Part Two
        • Chapter 9: Lord Eight Wind's Family
        • Chapter 10: Transition to the Future: Eight Wind, Two Rain, and Eight Deer
      • Part Three
        • Chapter 11: Rituals of Order: Codices Zouche-Nuttall and Vienna
        • Chapter 12: The Problem of the Two Dead Lords
        • Chapter 13: The Epiclassic Mixtec Ceremonial Complex
      • Appendix I: Biographical Sketches of Major Personnel from the Codices: Lord Eight Deer the Usurper, Lord Two Rain the King, and Lady Six Monkey of Jaltepec
      • Appendix II: Notes for Codex Zouche-Nuttall Pages 1-4
      • Appendix III: Codex Zouche-Nuttall Reverse Day Dates on Pages 46a-48a for Year 5 Reed (AD 1095) and Lord Eight Deer's Campaign as Lord of Tututepec
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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