Mesoamerican writing systems : propaganda, myth, and history in four ancient civilizations / Joyce Marcus.

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1992], ©1992.

xxii, 495 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 x 27 cm

Truth, Propaganda, and Noble Speech -- The Evolutionary Context of Early Writing -- Mesoamerica's Four Major Writing Systems: The Ethnohistoric Background -- Not One Calendar, but Many -- Rewriting History -- Place Names and the Establishment of Political Territories -- The Naming of Nobles -- Royal Marriages -- Euhemerism and Royal Ancestors -- Accession to the Throne -- Raiding and Warfare -- An Anthropological Theory of Mesoamerican Writing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-487) and index.

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