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Mesoamerican writing systems propaganda, myth, and history in four ancient civilizations

Title
Mesoamerican writing systems [electronic resource] : propaganda, myth, and history in four ancient civilizations / Joyce Marcus.
Author
Marcus, Joyce.
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1992.

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American Council of Learned Societies.
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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
  • 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
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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Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
American Council of Learned Societies.
Found In:
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
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Original 0691094748 (DLC) 92009091
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