Indian Clothing Before Cortes: Mesoamerican Costumes from the Codices (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)
Description
In these pages, for the first time in any language, the author offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the clothing of the people pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica. It is a highly productive approach to the cultureand the culture tiesof the Aztecs of Mexico, the Tlaxcalans, the Tarascans of Michoacan; the Mixtecs of Oaxaca, the mysterious Borgia Group,” and the lowland Mayas of Yucatan. These were the great high cultures” that flourished just before European contact.In her book, Patricia Anawalt describes through text and more than 350 illustrations and charts what the Ind...
ISBN(s)
0806122889, 9780806122885
