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2 0 9 ijk L M nop u Index Achiutla, 18, 19, 20, 47, 65–66, 67, 69, 81, 84, 151, 154 allegories, 13, 16, 22, 33, 36, 39, 40–41, 42, 61 alliances, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20, 47, 113, 149 ancestors, 1, 14, 16–18, 21–22, 123, 129; born from nature, 6, 69, 95; burial cults of, 79, 148; spirits of, 4, 74; supernatural qualities of, 95. See also mummy bundles Añute. See Jaltepec Apoala, 9, 19, 20, 36, 61, 66, 67, 84, 106, 111, 137, 144, 157, 181, 189; cave at, 80, 81, 87, 99, 139, 141, 158; and Eight Wind, 7–8, 9, 62, 80, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 106, 113, 130, 138, 139, 141, 142, 142, 156, 158, 187; lineage rivers of, 65, 141, 158; plants at, 65; river birth at, 18, 19, 66; tree birth at, 54, 62, 65–66, 69, 81, 97, 99, 106, 110, 111, 122, 138, 139, 141, 142, 158, 159, 181 axis mundi. See world tree Aztecs, 1, 2, 4, 8, 49, 53, 71, 89, 142, 160; codices of, 30; defeat of Mixtecs, 1–2, 3, 41n2, 45, 52, 143; writing system of, 49 ballcourts, 64, 71, 82, 83, 84, 103, 109–110, 127, 153, 167, 168, 176 bards, 6, 38, 42, 62, 117 Battle in the Sky, 170, 174, 175–176 books. See codices cacicazgos, 14–15, 18, 19 calendars, 39, 40–41, 72, 88; European, 39– 40, 94, 98, 129, 142, 163; Mixtec use of, 21, 39, 164; reading of, 58, 58, 59; sacred (260-day), 36, 37, 40–41, 99, 164, 165, 190; solar (365-day), 36, 40–41, 164, 190 Caso, Alfonso, ix, 9, 10, 13, 32, 34, 52, 112, 154, 180 caves: attributes of, 79, 86–87, 88, 96; in codices, 79–88; and Eight Deer, 81–84, 85, 168; and Eight Wind, 9, 66, 69, 80– 81, 96–97, 99, 116, 139, 146, 157–158; as entrances to underworld, 73, 96, 116; iconography of, 69–71, 73–77, 79, 81, 157; mummy bundles in, 14, 87, 123, 148; in sky, 69, 87, 108; as transportation through earth, 24n4, 70, 80, 87, 96, 102, 157–158; and Two Rain, 126, 150, 177, 183 Cavua Colorado, 54, 96, 148 Ceremonial Complex, 9, 70, 83, 88, 156–161 Cerro Jasmin, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 23n2, 80, 95, 157, 186; Eight Wind at, 8, 9, 9, 13–14, 80, 97, 100, 116, 139, 146, 150, 177, 186; location of, 8; as Monkey Hill, 7, 8, 97; Suchixtlan on, 7, 8. See also Eight Wind; Monkey Hill Chalcatongo, 18, 47, 56, 148, 149, 150, 151, 154, 166, 167, 170, 171, 178, 179, 180, 183, 185. See also Nine Grass Chalcatzingo, 69, 71, 80, 123; monuments of, 72–78, 73, 75, 77, 78, 80, 83, 87, 88, 89, 96 Classic period, 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 16, 37, 41, 42n3, 49, 51, 54, 64, 71, 79, 87, 105, 156 clouds, 7, 67, 69, 72, 74, 108 Codex Alfonso Caso, 4–5, 51, 80, 88, 126, 164, 165; chronology in, 36, 41–42; date of, 83; Eight Deer in, xii, 124, 126, 164, 166, 170, 185; Six Monkey in, 126, 179, 185 Page numbers in italics indicate images and tables. i n d e x 2 1 0 Codex Becker. See Codex Alfonso Caso Codex Bodley, 4–5, 18, 20, 43, 51, 82, 139, 185; caves in, 79, 97; chronology in, 36, 39, 41–42; and Codex ZN, 83–84, 85, 112– 114; date of, 79–80, 83; Eight Deer in, xii, 82, 83–84, 85, 87, 149, 156, 165, 166, 177; Eight Wind in, 6, 118; Eight Wind’s kingdom in, 7–8, 97; Four Wind in, 177, 186; genealogy in, 6, 18, 19, 118; Nine Grass in, 84, 113, 154; Nine Wind Quetzalcoatl in, 99–100; Six Monkey in, 126, 179; Two Rain in, 23n2, 126, 127, 150, 179; War from Heaven in, 54, 62, 112–114 Codex Borgia, 24n3, 41 Codex Colombino-Becker. See Codex Alfonso Caso Codex Egerton, 4–5 Codex Muro, 10 Codex Selden, 4–5, 20, 42, 51, 67–68, 80, 89, 116, 139, 177, 178, 185; chronology in, 36, 39, 41–42; and Codex Vienna, 67–68; and Codex ZN, 150; date of, 51, 80, 83, 165; Eight Deer in, 87, 149–150, 164, 165, 166, 178; Eight Wind in, 6, 80–81, 97, 100, 177; Eight Wind’s kingdom in, 7–8, 81, 97...

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