The Mixtec Pictorial Manuscripts

This handbook surveys and describes the illustrated Mixtec manuscripts that survive in Europe, the United States and Mexico

Time and the Ancestors

Time and the Ancestors: Aztec and Mixtec Ritual Art combines iconographical analysis with archaeological, historical and ethnographic studies and offers new interpretations of enigmatic masterpieces from ancient Mexico, focusing specifically on the symbols and values of the religious heritage of indigenous peoples.; Readership: Scholars and students working on the archaeology, art, history and anthropology of Mexico, as well as the general public interested in Mexican indigenous culture

Time and the Ancestors

Time and the Ancestors: Aztec and Mixtec Ritual Art combines iconographical analysis with archaeological, historical and ethnographic studies and offers new interpretations of enigmatic masterpieces from ancient Mexico, focusing specifically on the symbols and values of the religious heritage of indigenous peoples.; Readership: Scholars and students working on the archaeology, art, history and anthropology of Mexico, as well as the general public interested in Mexican indigenous culture

Paisajes sagrados: códices y arqueología de Ñuu Dzaui

The advances in the identification of toponymic hieroglyphs in the Mixtec pictorial manuscripts lead to a better understanding of the ideological principles that structured the organization of space in the centuries before colonization. The present article analyses several scenes from those codices, especially from Codex Yuta Tnoho (Vindobonensis), which offers a panorama of important sites in the whole Mixtec region, in a context of ceremonial discourse and foundation rituals. The place sign “City of Blood” is discussed in detail and identified as Ñuu Niñe (Santo Domingo Tonalá) in the Mixteca Baja. This site plays an important role in the biography of Lord 8 Deer “Jaguar Claw” (1063-1115). The signs for ritual acts that are associated with it in the codices are also painted in the impressive rock shelters in the Cerro de las Flores next to the Boquerón gorge, which is still considered an “enchanted place”. All this demonstrates the interaction of the geographic reality with the conceptual world and the narrative identity of this cultural region. This interaction offers new perspectives for archaeological investigations, as it enables us to combine precise studies of monuments and material remains with a hermeneutic approach.Con los avances en la identificación de jeroglíficos toponímicos en los manuscritos pictóricos mixtecos, emerge una idea general de los principios ideológicos que estructuraban la organización del espacio en los siglos anteriores a la colonización. En el presente artículo se analizan varias escenas de dichos códices, especialmente en el Códice Yuta Tnoho (Vindobonensis), que ofrece un panorama de sitios importantes de toda la región mixteca, en un contexto de lenguaje ceremonial y de rituales de fundación. El signo toponímico “Ciudad de Sangre” se analiza con detalle y es identificado como Ñuu Niñe (Santo Domingo Tonalá) en la Mixteca Baja. Este lugar juega un papel importante en la biografía del Señor 8 Venado “Garra de Jaguar” (1063-1115). Los signos de los actos rituales asociados con este sitio en los códices también están pintados en las paredes de los impresionantes abrigos rocosos del Cerro de las Flores, junto al Boquerón, que hasta hoy día se considera un “lugar encantado”. Todo esto demuestra la interacción de la realidad geográfica con el mundo conceptual y la identidad narrativa de esta región cultural. Esta interacción ofrece nuevas perspectivas para la investigación arqueológica, ya que crea la posibilidad de combinar estudios precisos de los monumentos y restos materiales con un acercamiento hermenéutico

The Mixtec Pictorial Manuscripts

This handbook surveys and describes the illustrated Mixtec manuscripts that survive in Europe, the United States and Mexico