The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing

David Stuart

ISBN 10: 0806132043 / ISBN 13: 9780806132044

Editore: University of Oklahoma Press, US, 2001

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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.

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• Titolo: The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing
• Editore: University of Oklahoma Press, US
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0806132043
• ISBN 13: 9780806132044
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Condizione: New
• Dimensioni: 17,78 L x 3,18 A x 25,4 P centimetri 17,78 centimetri di larghezza per 3,18 centimetri di altezza per 25,4 centimetri di profondità
• Peso: 1224 grammi

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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.

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