Mesoamerican Codices Calendrical knowledge and ceremonial practice in Indigenous religion and history

Religious manuscripts from ancient and early colonial Mexico offer a direct pathway into indigenous worldviews through the uniquely Mesoamerican medium of pictography. During the thousands of years preceding Spanish invasion, a complex calendrical system developed in the region, forming the basic or...

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Main Author: Frassani, Alessia (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Oxford BAR Publishing 2022
Series:BAR International 3085
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