Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient Civilizations

by Joyce Marcus

This is an anthropological study of the role of hieroglyphic writing in the prehispanic Aztec, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Maya states. First, Joyce Marcus compares the four systems with regard to eight major themes: calendrics, the naming of nobles, the naming of places, royal marriages, accession to the throne, divine ancestors, warfare, and the rewriting of history. Then she establishes a new theoretical framework within which to conduct further analysis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691094748
• ISBN13: 9780691094748
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 10.5" x 9.6"