Identities of power and place, as expressed in paintings from the periods before and after the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica, are the subject of this book of case studies from Central Mexico, Oaxaca, and the Maya area. These sophisticated, skillfully rendered images occur with architecture, in manuscripts, on large pieces of cloth, and on ceramics.

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Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One. Constructing Power and Place in Mesoamerica
Part One. Central Mexico
Chapter Two. The Teotihuacán Obsidian Industry and the Birds of the Sierra de las Navajas
Chapter Three. Place Names and Plotical Idenitities in the Teotihuacán Mural Paintings
Chapter Four. From Orderly Past to Chaotic Present: The Transistion to Spanish Rule in Aztec Pictorial Histories
Chapter Five. Early European Book Conventions and Legitimized Mexica History in Codex Aubin
Chapter Six. Dynasty and Hierarchy in the Tombs of Monte Albán, Oaxaca
Chapter Seven. The Divine Right to Hold Power in the Mixtec Capitals of Monte Negro and Tilantongo
Chapter Eight. Pre-Hispanic Maya Animal Images: Cultural Implications from Ceramics of Known Provenience
Chapter Nine. Fragrances and Body Paint in the Courtly Life of the Maya
Chapter Ten. The Social Context of Food at Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico
Chapter Eleven. Mesoamerican World View and Cosmology in the Murals of Mayap
Chapter Twelve. Pre-Hispanic Maya Solar Symbolism Illustrated in Diego Lopez de Cogolludo’s Historia de Yucatan
Appendix
List of Contributors
Index

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