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Author Smith, Mary Elizabeth, 1932-2004.

Title Picture writing from ancient southern Mexico : Mixtec place signs and maps / by Mary Elizabeth Smith

Imprint Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1973]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  497.6 Sm62p 1973    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition [1st ed.].
Description xv, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series The Civilization of the American Indian series, 124
Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 124.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The Mixtec historical manuscripts -- 3. The pictorial conventions of the Mixtec histories -- 4. The Mixtec place sign -- 5. Place signs that have been identified or hypothetically identified -- 6. The coastal regions of the Mixteca -- 7. The two Lienzos of Zacatepec -- 8. The Lienzo of Jicayán -- 9. Comparison of the Lienzo of Jicayán -- 10. Stylistic and iconographic characteristics -- 11. Conclusion.
Subject Mixtec language -- Writing.
Mixtec language -- Writing. (OCoLC)fst01024147
ISBN 0806110295
9780806110295
0806110095
9780806110097
0806110090

 
    
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