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Author Marcus, Joyce.

Title Mesoamerican writing systems [electronic resource] : propaganda, myth, and history in four ancient civilizations / Joyce Marcus.

Imprint Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1992.

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 Axe ACLS Humanities E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxii, 495 p. : ill., maps ; 25 x 27 cm.
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-487) and index.
Contents Truth, Propaganda, and Noble Speech -- The Evolutionary Context of Early Writing -- Mesoamerica's Four Major Writing Systems: The Ethnohistoric Background -- Not One Calendar, but Many -- Rewriting History -- Place Names and the Establishment of Political Territories -- The Naming of Nobles -- Royal Marriages -- Euhemerism and Royal Ancestors -- Accession to the Throne -- Raiding and Warfare -- An Anthropological Theory of Mesoamerican Writing.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Subject Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Writing.
Mayan languages -- Writing.
Names, Indian -- Mexico.
Names, Mayan.
Indians of Mexico -- Politics and government.
Mayas -- Politics and government.
Ethnohistory -- Mexico.
Ethnohistory -- Central America.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
Other Form: Original 0691094748 (DLC) 92009091
Standard No. 2027/heb31616 hdl

 
    
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