Lord Eight Wind of Suchixtlan and the heroes of ancient Oaxaca : reading history in the Codex Zouche-Nuttall /
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| Author / Creator: | Williams, Robert Lloyd, author. |
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| Imprint: | Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2011] ©2009 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12041115 |
Table of Contents:
- It happened long ago
- The people of the codices
- The narrative structure of Codex Zouche-Nuttall obverse
- Sacred geography, personified geography
- Caves in Mesoamerican iconography : Chalcatzingo and the Mexteca
- Lord Eight Wind's introduction
- The war from heaven, Part one
- The war from heaven, Part two
- Lord Eight Wind's family
- Transition to the future : Eight Wind, Two Rain, and Eight Deer
- Rituals of order : Codices Zouche-Nuttall and Vienna
- The problem of the two dead lords
- 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.
