Zapotec writing. Knowledge, power, and memory in ancient Oaxaca

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Author(s): Javier Urcid
Publisher: Brandeis University
Year: 2005

Language: English
Pages: 218

Tables not inserted in the text 197......Page 2
INTRODUCTION......Page 3
Part I- THE ZAPOTEC SCRIBAL TRADITION......Page 5
ALTERNATIVE METHODS IN THE STUDY OF THE ZAPOTEC SCRIPT......Page 9
THE ANCIENT ZAPOTEC CALENDAR......Page 15
FELINES AND THE ROYAL DYNASTIES FROM MONTE ALBÁN......Page 21
MEMORY AND THE CONTINUITY OF CORPORATE GROUPS......Page 27
ZAPOTEC MORTUARY PRACTICES......Page 28
ZAPOTEC SOCIAL ORGANIZATION DURING THE EARLY COLONIAL PERIOD......Page 44
THE RITUAL CALENDAR, NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS, AND GENEALOGICAL......Page 46
Tomb 104 from Monte Albán......Page 49
The Programs in the Tomb as an Integrated Narrative......Page 107
PORTABLE GENEALOGICAL SLABS......Page 115
The Carved Slab MNA-6-6059......Page 116
On the other hand, the known layout of houses clearly indica......Page 132
What follows is the description and interpretation of the im......Page 133
The Imagery on the Stone......Page 134
Part IV- DISCUSSION......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 154
Acknowledgements......Page 157
Table 6.1 Different readings of names in slab MNA-01.pdf......Page 0
Boos, H. Frank, and Philippa D. Shaplin......Page 160
Fernández Dávila, Enrique......Page 163
Hartung, Horst......Page 166
Kelemen, Pál......Page 168
Marcus, Joyce and Kent Flannery......Page 171
Seler, Caecilie......Page 176
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Figure 5.30- The carved jambs and painted murals in the We......Page 190
TOTAL......Page 205
5B......Page 214