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The Provenience and Contents of the Porfirio Diaz and Fernandez Leal Codices: Some New Data and Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Eva Hunt
Eva Hunt*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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Abstract

The Codices Porfirio Diaz and Fernandez Leal have not been satisfactorily analyzed as to content, nor have their origins been explained. New data relevant to their history are presented, establishing a definite Cuicatec origin and content. They were utilized in a court case (ca. 1562) concerning nobility succession rights. Historical sections contain dates of founding and conquest of Cuicatec towns. Toponymics written in hieroglyphics, in Spanish, and in Cuicatec using the Latin alphabet mark Cuicatec district landscape features still called by the same names. The codices cover approximately 260 years and correlate with a written document. Where, how, and why the codices were created and multilated is discussed, and evidence is presented which corrects previous analyses.

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American Antiquity , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , October 1978 , pp. 673 - 690
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1978

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