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Informationen zum Autor Robert Lloyd Williams has studied the Mixtec codices since the 1980s and taught courses on them in the Mixtec Codex Workshop, which he cofounded with John M. D. Pohl, for twelve years. He is presently Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Texas State University–San Marcos. Klappentext With a full-color reproduction of the entire codex and the first modern commentary in English on the pre-Hispanic history it records, The Complete Codex Zouche-Nuttall unlocks the social and political cosmos of the ancient Mixtec. Zusammenfassung With a full-color reproduction of the entire codex and the first modern commentary in English on the pre-Hispanic history it records, The Complete Codex Zouche-Nuttall unlocks the social and political cosmos of the ancient Mixtec. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, by Rex KoontzPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. The First Historian of the New WorldChapter 2. Historiography and Native HistoryChapter 3. Reading TechniquesChapter 4. Document 1 (Obverse), Part 1, Pages 1–13: Lord Eight WindChapter 5. Document 1 (Obverse), Part IIA, Pages 14–19: The Ladies Three FlintChapter 6. Document 1 (Obverse), Part IIA continued, Pages 20–21: The War from Heaven and Lady One DeathChapter 7. Document 1 (Obverse), Part IIB, Pages 22–35: GenealogiesChapter 8. Document 1 (Obverse), Part IIIA–B, Pages 36–41: The Four Lords from ApoalaChapter 9. Document 1 (Obverse): Discussion and InterpretationChapter 10. Document 2 (Reverse), Pages 42–84: Introduction to the Political Biography of Eight Deer Jaguar Claw of TilantongoChapter 11. Document 2 (Reverse), Sections 1–6, Pages 42–50: Parentage Statement, Childhood Military Career, Chalcatongo Event, Transition from Chalcatongo to Tututepec, Eight Deer as Lord of Tututepec.Chapter 12. Document 2 (Reverse), Sections 7–12, Pages 51–74: Eight Deer’s Toltec Alliance through the Conquests with the ToltecsChapter 13. Document 2 (Reverse), Sections 13–14, Pages 75–84: The Battle in the Sky through the Siege of Hua ChinoChapter 14. The Four Voices of Mixtec HistoryAppendix 1. The Mixtec CalendarAppendix 2. Occurrence of 260-Day Sacred Calendars in the 365-Day Mixtec Solar CalendarAppendix 3. The Cycle of 260 Days (Tonalpohualli)Appendix 4. The Calendrics of Codex Zouche-Nuttall Pages 42–84Appendix 5. The Mixtec Calendar Cycle Correspondences from Byland and Pohl (1994)Appendix 6. The Complete Mixtec/Aztec CalendarNotesBibliographyIndex...
