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RENAMING THE MEXICAN CODICES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2004

Maarten Jansen  and
Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez
Maarten Jansen
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and History of Native American Peoples, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and History of Native American Peoples, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Abstract

The names of many pictorial manuscripts from ancient Mesoamerica honor collectors, politicians, scholars, or institutions of the “Western” world or the national elite, alien to the people who created them and the region to which they refer. Different usages in designating these codices and lienzos have introduced some confusion in the nomenclature. Here, a new set of names is proposed that is more in conformity with the contents of the documents and closer to the Mesoamerican culture.

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Research Article
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , July 2004 , pp. 267 - 271
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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