Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing (Hardback)
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Short Description for Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing "The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing" is an important story of intellectual discovery and a tale of code breaking comparable to the interpreting of Egyptian hieroglyphs and the decoding of cuneiform. This book provides a history of the interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs. Introductory essays offer the historical context and describe the personalities and theories of the many authors who contri
Full description- Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
- Published: 31 December 2001
- Format: Hardback 576 pages
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- Categories: Palaeography (history Of Writing) | Translation & Interpretation | History Of The Americas | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Archaeology
- ISBN 13: 9780806132044 ISBN 10: 0806132043
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Full description for Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing
"The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing" is an important story of intellectual discovery and a tale of code breaking comparable to the interpreting of Egyptian hieroglyphs and the decoding of cuneiform. Using classic articles taken from publications unavailable to most readers, accounts by Spaniards who witnessed the writing of the glyphs and research by twentieth-century scholars--from Tatiana Proskouriakoff to Michael Coe--this book provides a history of the interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs. Introductory essays offer the historical context and describe the personalities and theories of the many authors who contributed to the understanding of these ancient glyphs.More than two hundred line drawings illustrate the text and serve as an introduction to decipherment. This landmark work in Maya studies is the first book to examine the centuries of thought behind the decoding of Maya hieroglyphs.
