Encounter with the Plumed Serpent : Drama and Power in the Heart of Mesoamerica /

The Mixtec, or the people of Savi ("Nation of the Rain God"), one of the major civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica, made their home in the highlands of Oaxaca, where they resisted both Aztec military expansion and the Spanish conquest. This book presents and interprets the sacred histories narrated...

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Main Author:	Jansen, Maarten E. R. G. N. (Maarten Evert Reinoud Gerard Nicolaas), 1952-
Other Authors:	Perez Jimenez, Gabina Aurora
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2007.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Codices. Mixtec Indians > Social life and customs. Mixtec Indians. Manuscripts, Mixtec. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology. Mixteques > Moeurs et coutumes. Mixteques > Genealogies. Mixteques > Historiographie. Manuscrits mixteques. Mixtec Indians > Genealogy. Mixtec Indians > Historiography. Midden-Amerika. Genealogy. Electronic books.
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