Insignia of Rank in the Nahua World: From the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century

by Justyna Olko

This significant work reconstructs the repertory of insignia of rank and the contexts and symbolic meanings of their use, along with their original terminology, among the Nahuatl-speaking communities of Mesoamerica from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries. Attributes of rank carried profound symbolic meaning, encoding subtle messages about political and social status, ethnic and gender identity, regional origin, individual and community...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607322404
• ISBN13: 9781607322405
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 19 years and up