Lord Eight Wind of Suchixtlan and the Heroes of Ancient Oaxaca by Robert Lloyd Williams

Author:Robert Lloyd Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009-04-12T04:00:00+00:00

PART TWO

Lord Eight Wind’s Introduction

Figure 6.1. Codex Zouche-Nuttall page 1 (British Museum folio no. 1), tableaux 1, 3, and 4. (© Trustees of the British Museum, The British Museum Company, Ltd.)

Pages 1 and 2: Synopsis of Tableaux

Although page 1 of Codex Zouche-Nuttall obverse has three tableaux, the single large tableau on page 2 is the dominant scene, with the page 1 tableaux subordinate to it. The five dates among the four tableaux on these two pages cover a span of fifty-two years, from AD 935 (Year 1 Reed Day 1 Alligator) to AD 987 (Year 1 Reed Day 1 Alligator). The date itself is metaphorically associated with “beginnings,” especially of dynasties (Furst 1978a:90–92). Four sites or locations are illustrated: Toto Cuee Cave (page 1, tableau 1), Yucuñudahui (Rain God Hill) (page 2, tableau 2), Apoala (page 1, tableau 3), and Monkey Hill/Suchixtlan/Cerro Jasmin (page 1, tableau 4).

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