How Long to Read Encounter with the Plumed Serpent

How Long Does it Take to Read Encounter with the Plumed Serpent?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 8 minutes to read Encounter with the Plumed Serpent by Maarten Jansen

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Mixtec, or the people of Ñuu Savi ('Nation of the Rain God'), one of the major civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica, made their home in the highlands of Oaxaca, where they resisted both Aztec military expansion and the Spanish conquest. In Encounter with the Plumed Serpent, two leading scholars present and interpret the sacred histories narrated in the Mixtec codices, the largest surviving collection of pre-Columbian manuscripts in existence. In these screenfold books, ancient painter-historians chronicled the politics of the Mixtec from approximately a.d. 900 to 1521, portraying the royal families, rituals, wars, alliances, and ideology of the times. By analyzing and cross-referencing the codices, which have been fragmented and dispersed in far-flung archives, the authors attempt to reconstruct Mixtec history. Their synthesis here builds on long examination of the ancient manuscripts. Adding useful interpretation and commentary, Jansen and Pérez Jiménez synthesize the large body of surviving documents into the first unified narrative of Mixtec sacred history. Archaeologists and other scholars as well as readers with an interest in Mesoamerican cultures will find this lavishly illustrated volume a compelling and fascinating history and a major step forward in knowledge of the Mixtec.

How long is Encounter with the Plumed Serpent?

Encounter with the Plumed Serpent by Maarten Jansen is 417 pages long, and a total of 107,169 words.

This makes it 141% the length of the average book. It also has 131% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Encounter with the Plumed Serpent Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 45 minutes to read Encounter with the Plumed Serpent aloud.

What Reading Level is Encounter with the Plumed Serpent?

Encounter with the Plumed Serpent is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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