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Image Encounters
Moche Murals and Archaeo Art History
By Lisa Trever
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive study of Moche mural art, this landmark book develops a methodology of archaeo art history to examine image-making and visual experience in an era of ancient Peruvian history before the use of writing.
Trail of Footprints
A History of Indigenous Maps from Viceregal Mexico
By Alex Hidalgo
University of Texas Press
This study explores how postconquest Mexican indigenous communities used maps to defend prized lands, to create a visual and social history of life before the Spanish, and to record knowledge of pre-Columbian plants.
Portraying the Aztec Past
The Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin
University of Texas Press
Offering the first extended comparison of three closely related painted manuscripts from colonial Mexico, this book reveals how differences in their materials and composition show the evolution of the native pictorial tradition.
The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages
By Chris Rogers
University of Texas Press
Drawing on a wealth of previously neglected data to fully describe all aspects of phonology, morphology, and syntax as well as historical development, this is the most comprehensive reference book published to date on southeastern Guatemala’s four nearly
Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between
Murals of the Colonial Andes
University of Texas Press
This first comprehensive English-language study of the church-wall paintings created in Peru’s Cuzco region from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries unveils the complex intersections of religious artists, indigenous congregants, and colon
Songs that Make the Road Dance
Courtship and Fertility Music of the Tz'utujil Maya
University of Texas Press
This major collection of courting and fertility songs documents a nearly lost element of highland Maya ritual life, revealing significant remnants of the ancient Maya belief system in songs that date back to the early colonial era.
The Relación de Michoacán (1539-1541) and the Politics of Representation in Colonial Mexico
University of Texas Press
Through close readings of the painted images in a major sixteenth-century illustrated manuscript, this book demonstrates the critical role that images played in ethnic identity formation and politics in colonial Mexico.
At Home with the Sapa Inca
Architecture, Space, and Legacy at Chinchero
By Stella Nair
University of Texas Press
This major architectural survey and analysis of the Inca royal estate at Chinchero significantly increases our understanding of how the Inca conceived, constructed, and gave meaning to their built environment.
On the Lips of Others
Moteuczoma's Fame in Aztec Monuments and Rituals
University of Texas Press
Examining how the name and portrait of Moteuczoma II were represented in Aztec monuments and colonial manuscripts, this richly interdisciplinary study illuminates the creation of fame and the politics of personhood and portraiture in the Aztec and colonia
The Fate of Earthly Things
Aztec Gods and God-Bodies
University of Texas Press
This sophisticated, interdisciplinary study analyzes foundational concepts of deities and deity embodiments in Aztec religion to shed new light on the Aztec understanding of how spiritual beings take on form and agency in the material world.
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