Front cover image for Handbook of Middle American Indians. Volume fourteen, volume fifteen, Guide to ethnohistorical sources

Handbook of Middle American Indians. Volume fourteen, volume fifteen, Guide to ethnohistorical sources

These volumes contain ethnohistorical sources from the indigenous tradition, including prose and pictorial materials, a checklist of repositories, a title and synonymy index, and an annotated bibliography on native sources.
Print Book, English, 2015
University of Texas Press, Austin, 2015
x, 724 pages ; 26 cm
9781477306864, 1477306862
908914428
Abbreviations Volume 14 22. A Survey of Native Middle American Pictorial Manuscripts (John B. Glass) Nomenclature and Format Terminology Picture and Hieroglyphic Writing Origins of the Extant Manuscripts Preconquest Survivals Spanish Patronage Native Colonial Mixed Colonial Research and Publication Guides and Bibliographies Classification Ritual-Calendrical Manuscripts Historical Manuscripts Genealogical Manuscripts Cartographic Manuscripts Cartographic-historical Manuscripts Economic Manuscripts Ethnographic Manuscripts Miscellaneous and Unclassified Manuscripts Unavailable Manuscripts Regional Survey Western Mexico Central Mexico The Borgia Group State of Oaxaca Southeastern Mexico and Guatemala 23. A Census of Native Middle American Pictorial Manuscripts (John B. Glass in collaboration with Donald Robertson) 24. Techialoyan Manuscripts and Paintings, with a Catalog (Donald Robertson) Material of the Manuscripts Format Content Purpose Location Style Date of the Techialoyan Manuscripts Importance of the Techialoyan Group Catalog of Techialoyan Manuscripts and Paintings by Donald Robertson and Martha Barton Robertson 25. A Census of Middle American Testerian Manuscripts (John B. Glass) 26. A Catalog of Falsified Middle American Pictorial Manuscripts (John B. Glass) Illustrations Volume 15 27. Prose Sources in the Native Historical Tradition A. A Survey of Middle American Prose Manuscripts in the Native Historical Tradition (Charles Gibson) Excluded Material Historical Texts: Pictorial, Oral, and Prose The Transition to Prose Annals Chronicles History and Prophecy Indian Informants Títulos B. A Census of Middle American Prose Manuscripts in the Native Historical Tradition (Charles Gibson and John B. Glass) Northern and Western Mexico Central Mexico Lowlands Maya Highland Maya 28. A Checklist of Institutional Holdings of Middle American Manuscripts in the Native Historical Tradition (John B. Glass) 29. The Boturini Collection (John B. Glass) The Inventories The Twenty Volumes Traditional Pictorial Manuscripts Techialoyan Manuscripts Testerian Manuscripts Prose Manuscripts Summary 30. Middle American Ethnohistory: An Overview (H. B. Nicholson) Pre-Hispanic Ethnohistory Sources Areal Considerations Major Problems Progress to Date Outstanding Needs Post-Contact Ethnohistory Sources Areal Considerations Major Problems Progress to Date Outstanding Needs Final Observations 31. Index of Authors, Titles, and Synonyms (John B. Glass) 32. Annotated References (John B. Glass)