BIBLIOGRAPHY
Buttrey, T. V. and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide book of Mexican Coins: 1822 to Date, Krause
Publications, Iola, WS, 1986.
Díaz, Gisele and Alan Rodgers, The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient
Mexican Manuscript, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1993.
[The Codex Borgia is a complete facsimile of the beautiful pre-Columbian manuscript, which is
believed to be a religious text and calendar. The introduction provides information about the
history and content of the Borgia and gives details about reading the codex and interpreting the
calendar. The painted pages are reproduced in reverse order to make the reading the pages, from
right to left and back to front, an experience as close to reading the original codex as possible. In
English. ISBN: 0-486-27569-8]
Filsinger, Tómas J., Calendario Azteca : teoilhuicatlapaluaztli-ollin tonalmachiotl, el gran y
venerable mecanismo del universo. Una guía para la piedra del sol y su cartel, Alti Publishing,
La Jolla, CA, 1990.
[Possibly out of print; search Amazon.com or ALTI Publishing site for copies or available
libraries; an excellent resource for the iconography of Mexican calendars and codices; some
errors in written Spanish; multitude of images available for classroom use. In Spanish.]
Harper, David C., Harry Miller, and Thomas Michael, 2008 North American Coins and Prices,
17th Edition, Kraus Publications, Iola, WS, 2007.
Nuttall, Zelia, The Codex Nuttall: A Picture Manuscript from Ancient Mexico, Dover
Publications, Inc., New York, 1975.
[The Codex Nuttall is a reproduction of the Mixtec screenfold manuscript that describes events in
the life of the great military and political hero 8-Deer Tiger Claw who lived from 1011 to 1063
A.D.
Pohl, John M. D., The Legend of Lord Eight Deer: An Epic of Ancient Mexico, Oxford
University Press, New York, 2002.
[The Legend of Lord Eight Deer relates the story of the powerful Lord Eight Deer, Mixtec ruler
and hero whose story is told in the Mixtec codices, particularly the Codex Zouche-Nuttall.
Drawing by the author and facsimiles from the codex illustrate the events in Lord Eight Deer's
life in the Mexican state of Oaxaca in the 11th century A.D. The book contains information on
how codices were used by ancient people and how we can decipher them today. In English.
ISBN: 0-19-514020-6]
October 2007 COLT Workshop: "Mesoamerican Calendars and Codices"
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Other Resources for the Classroom
Mexican Motifs: 37 Black-and-White Pressure Sensitive Stickers, Edited by Carol Belanger
Grafton
[Designs from the sellos, pre-Columbian ceramic stamps used to design and decorate pottery.]
Six Ancient Mexican Postcards, Edited by Zelia Nuttall
[Six postcards reproduce details from the Codex Nuttall, painted by Mixtec artists not long
before the conqauest and depicting events in Mixtec history; correspond to the illustrations in
The Codex Nuttall by Zelia Nuttall.]
Ancient Mexican Stickers, Edited by Carol Belanger Grafton.
[23 colorful stickers of people and images from the Codex Nuttall.]
A Coloring Book of Incas, Aztecs & Mayas, Bellerophon Books, CA
(www.bellerophonbooks.com)
[The Pre-Columbian civilizations had some masterly artists. This book contains their finest work.
There are ball players, dancers, calendars, counting devices, & an array of gods.]
Caraway, Caren, Aztec and Other Mexican Indian Designs, Stemmer House Publishers
(www.stemmer.com)
[Serpents, monsters, calendar stone designs, eagles, sun designs, architectural ornaments, pottery
decorations, and more. ISBN: 0-88045-051-7]
Bartók, Mira and Christine Ranan, Ancient Mexico, GoodYear Books, Glenview, IL, 1993.
[Stencils, maps, illustrations, rituals and games, myths, projects on the Aztecs and early MesoAmerican culture; an excellent resource for the classroom. ISBN: 0-673-36055-5.]
October 2007 COLT Workshop: "Mesoamerican Calendars and Codices"
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