Toponymic Analysis of Three Lienzos from the Mixtec Lowlands, Oaxaca
Translation of the Spanish by Kim Goldsmith
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Research Year:  2001
Culture:  Mixtec
Chronology:  Pre-Classic
Location:  Oaxaca, México
Site:  Mixtec Lowlands, Huajuapan de León, San Juan Bautista Suchitepec, San Vicente el Palmar

Table of Contents

Abstract
Introduction
The Region of the Lienzos
The Lienzos Studied
Postcortesan Mixtec Codex No. 36 (CMP36)
Glosses from Lienzo 57
Map of Xochitepec
Toponymic Analysis
What Does the Toponym Imply?
Initial Premises
Stages of Analysis
Results and Contributions
Acknowledgements
Appendix: Illustrations That Accompany the Text
Sources Cited
Unpublished Sources

Abstract

This final report deals with the results and contributions achieved by the analysis of glyphs regarding names of places and glosses in Latin characters related to Mixtec and Nahuatl languages, associated with the graphic toponymics which are represented in three lienzos from the Mixtec Lowlands, Oaxaca. Using a holistic methodology which involves epigraphic, linguistic and ethnohistoric points of view, this study provides new information about the composition of place names in this region’s traditional native system of writing during the Colonial Period, as well as some data about the formation of the political areas of the different domains in the Mixtec Lowlands.

Submitted 03/04/2002 by:
Laura Rodríguez Cano

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