The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilizations of Mexico and Central America, Volume 3
Presenting the most up-to-date coverage on our knowledge of this society, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures is the first comprehensive and comparative reference source to chronicle Pre-Hispanic, Colonial, and modern Mesoamerica.Written for a wide audience, it is an invaluable reference for interested lay persons, students, teachers, and scholars in such fields as art, archaeology, religious studies, anthropology, Latin American culture, and the history of the region. Organized alphabetically, the articles range from500-word biographies to 7,000-word entries on geography and history to the legacy of the arts, writings, architecture, and religious rituals.An extensive network of cross-references, blind entries, and annotated bibliographies guide the reader to related entries within the Encyclopedia and provide the groundwork for further research.
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GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY Ixil Zapotec
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2000 BCE250 CE Mixe
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Central Mexico Nahuatl Mesoamerican Studies
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Archaeology architecture Austin Aztec ballcourt BIBLIOGRAPHY calendar Central Mexico century ceramic ceremonial Chiapas Chichén Itzá church Classic Maya Classic period Codex codices communities complex Copán culture deities early edited elite excavations glyphs groups Guatemala Gulf Coast highlands images important Indian indigenous Instituto Jaguar José Juan land Lord manuscript Maya Lowlands Mayan ment Meso Mesoamerica Mexican Mexico City Michoacán Middle American Mixtec Monte Albán monuments Nacional de Antropología Nahua Nahuatl native Oaxaca obsidian Olmec painted Palenque pictorial plaza political Popol Vuh population Postclassic pre-Hispanic priests Professor of Anthropology Puuc Pyramid Quetzalcoatl Quiché region religious Río ritual ruler Sahagún saints San José Mogote sculpture settlement shamans social southern Spain Spaniards stelae stone structures syncretism Tarascan temple Tenochtitlan Teotihuacan texts Tezcatlipoca Tikal tion Tlaxcala Tollan Toltec tomb town tradition tribute Tula Tz'utujil Uaxactún University urban Valley writing Yucatán Zapotec