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Encounter with the plumed serpent : drama and power in the heart of Mesoamerica / Maarten Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez.
Penn Museum Library F1219.54.M59 J367 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jansen, Maarten E. R. G. N. (Maarten Evert Reinoud Gerard Nicolaas), 1952-
- Series:
- Mesoamerican worlds
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manuscripts, Mixtec.
- Mixtec Indians--Historiography.
- Mixtec Indians.
- Mixtec Indians--Genealogy.
- Mixtec Indians--Social life and customs.
- Historiography.
- Genre:
- Genealogy.
- Family histories.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2007]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-367) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780870818684
- 0870818686
- OCLC:
- 79256734
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