Encounter with the plumed serpent : drama and power in the heart of Mesoamerica /

The Mixtec, or the people of Savi ("Nation of the Rain God"), one of the major civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica, made their home in the highlands of Oaxaca, where they resisted both Aztec military expansion and the Spanish conquest. This book presents and interprets the sacred historie...

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Main Author:	Jansen, Maarten E. R. G. N. (Maarten Evert Reinoud Gerard Nicolaas), 1952-
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Pérez Jiménez, Gabina Aurora
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2007]
Series:	Mesoamerican worlds.
Subjects:	Manuscripts, Mixtec. Mixtec Indians > Historiography. Mixtec Indians > Genealogy. Mixtec Indians > Social life and customs. Codices. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. Midden-Amerika. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book