- Additional Authors
- American Council of Learned Societies.
- Found In
- ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org
- Description
- xxii, 495 p. : ill., maps; 25 x 27 cm.
- Uniform Title
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-487) and index.
- Reproduction (note)
- Electronic text and image data.
- 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.
- OCLC
- (dli)HEB31616
- 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.
- Series
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-487) and index.
- 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.
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- Added Author
American Council of Learned Societies.
- Found In:
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
- Other Form:
Original 0691094748 (DLC) 92009091