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Williams, Robert Lloyd.

Lord Eight Wind of Suchixtlan and the heroes of ancient Oaxaca : reading history in the Codex Zouche-Nuttall / Robert Lloyd Williams; foreword by F. Kent Reilly III ; introduction by John M. D. Pohl. — 1st ed.

    p. cm. — (Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-292-72121-0 (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Codex Nuttall. 2. Manuscripts, Mixtec. 3. Eight Wind, 935–1027. 4. Mixtec Indians—History. 5. Mixtec Indians—Kings and rulers. 6. Mixtec language—Writing. 7. Picture-writing—Mexico. I. Title.

F1219.56.C62532W557 2009

972′.01—dc22                                            2009013444

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