Mesoamerican writing systems propaganda, myth, and history in four ancient civilizations /
Marcus, Joyce.
Mesoamerican writing systems propaganda, 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. .
E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-487) and index.
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.
2027/heb31616 hdl
--Languages--Writing.--Writing.--Mexico.--Politics and government.--Politics and government.--Mexico.--Central America.
Indians of Mexico Mayan languages Names, Indian Names, Mayan. Indians of Mexico Mayas Ethnohistory Ethnohistory
Mesoamerican writing systems propaganda, 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. .
E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-487) and index.
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.
2027/heb31616 hdl
--Languages--Writing.--Writing.--Mexico.--Politics and government.--Politics and government.--Mexico.--Central America.
Indians of Mexico Mayan languages Names, Indian Names, Mayan. Indians of Mexico Mayas Ethnohistory Ethnohistory