Annals of Native America : how the Nahuas of colonial Mexico kept their history alive / Camilla Townsend.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190629021.Subject(s): Nahuas -- History -- Sources | Nahuas -- History -- Authorship | Nahuatl language -- History | Nahuatl literature -- History and criticism | Indians of Mexico -- History | Mexico -- Antiquities | Mexico -- History -- To 1519 | Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 | History | History of the AmericasAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190628994DDC classification: 972.00497452 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This study of colonial Mexico's Nahuatl-language annals brings the xiuhpohualli tradition to life. Author Camilla Townsend has deduced the authorship of most of the texts and thus is able to place the works in their rightful contexts and render the stories more accessible to modern ears than they have been before.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study of colonial Mexico's Nahuatl-language annals brings the xiuhpohualli tradition to life. Author Camilla Townsend has deduced the authorship of most of the texts and thus is able to place the works in their rightful contexts and render the stories more accessible to modern ears than they have been before.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 28, 2016).