Towards a Complex Theory of Writing: The Case of Aztec and Mixtec Codices

The aim of this paper is to propose the elements of a new theory of writing and writing systems. It concentrates on the decades-long controversy about whether to consider the highly pictorial communication system present in Aztec, Mixtec and other non-Maya Mesoamerican pictorial codices as writing....

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Main Author: Alonso Rodrigo Zamora Corona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de liège 2022-06-01
Series:Signata
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/signata/3866