Marcus, Joyce.

Mesoamerican writing systems propagand a, myth, and history in four ancient civilizations / [electronic resource] : Joyce Marcus. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1992. - xxii, 495 p. : ill., maps ; 25 x 27 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-487) and index.

Truth, Propaganda, and Noble Speech -- The Evolutionary Context o f Early Writing -- Mesoamerica's Four Major Writing Systems: The Eth nohistoric Background -- Not One Calendar, but Many -- Rewriting History -- Place Names and the Establishment of Political Territorie s -- The Naming of Nobles -- Royal Marriages -- Euhemerism and Royal Ancestors -- Accession to the Throne -- Raiding and Warfar e -- An Anthropological Theory of Mesoamerican Writing.


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 a ccess: Intranet.


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.