Toponymic Analysis of Three Lienzos from the Mixtec Lowlands, Oaxaca

Acknowledgements

I would like to take advantage of these lines to thank the diverse institutions, that collaborated in the development of this investigation and who made it possible, for their support: To FAMSI for the funds granted in order to carry out this investigation; To the National Museum of Anthropology and History, (Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia), of Mexico for granting me permission to consult and examine their copy of the Map of Xochitepec; To the Regional Museum of Huajuapan, (Museo Regional de Huajuapan), Oaxaca – especially Mr. Manuel Barragán, who allowed me to consult and examine the facsimile copy that they have of the Postcortesan Mixtec Codex No. 36; To the Seminary of Mexican Codices, (Seminario de Códices Mexicanos), especially Maestra Cecilia Rossell for access to the photograph of the Postcortesan Mixtec Codex No. 36; To the National Agrarian Archive, (Archivo Agrario Nacional), Oaxaca, for the consultation of the Lienzo No. 57 glosses and other Colonial documents; To the authorities of the National Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark and especially Dr. Michel Oudijck of the Institute of Religious History of the University of Copenhagen, for acting as intermediary in the acquisition of the set of color photographs of the Map of Xochitepec. I also want to thank the authorities and staff of the General Archive of the Nation, (Archivo General de la Nación), General Archive of Oaxaca, (Archivo General de Oaxaca), Archive of Judicial Power, (Archivo del Poder Judicial), of Oaxaca for access to the Colonial documentation regarding this study. Lastly I want to thank my colleagues and students for their help, especially Alfonso Torres, Itzel González, Rosalba Sánchez y Julieta León.

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