Breaking The Maya Code
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Breaking The Maya Code
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Author : Michael D. Coe
language : en
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Release Date : 1992
Breaking The Maya Code written by Michael D. Coe and has been published by Thames & Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Social Science categories.
Traces the history of the struggle to decipher the Mayan language, describes the conflicting approaches, and explains what Mayan inscriptions reveal about their culture
Reading The Maya Glyphs
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Author : Michael D. Coe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Reading The Maya Glyphs written by Michael D. Coe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Social Science categories.
"Reading the Maya Glyphs" is a compact, portable guide that enables students, tourists, and armchair travelers to read and understand commonly encountered classic Maya texts. 2-color illustrations throughout.
Dictionary Of Maya Hieroglyphs
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Author : John Montgomery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Dictionary Of Maya Hieroglyphs written by John Montgomery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This authoritative work is the first visual dictionary of Maya glyphs published since the script's complete deciphering, offering a much-needed, comprehensive catalogue of 1100 secured glyphs. Each entry includes the illustrated glyph, its phonetic transcription, Mayan equivalent, part of speech, and meaning. About the Author John Montgomery was an illustrator, epigrapher, writer, and PhD candidate in the field of Pre-Columbian Art at the University of New Mexico. He taught art history at the South-western Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque. A long and varied experience in Central America first inspired his interest in the ancient Maya. His glyphic illustrations are based on a lifetime of involvement with Maya glyph decipherment.
Art Of The Maya Scribe
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Author : Michael Coe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-02
Art Of The Maya Scribe written by Michael Coe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02 with Art categories.
To the four great calligraphic traditions - ancient Egyptian, East Asian, Islamic, and western European - is now added a fifth: that of the ancient Maya. Long known but little understood, Maya writing has now largely been deciphered, leading to a new understanding of the Maya scribes and the society in which they lived. This volume is the first to make full use of the latest research and the first to consider Maya writing both aesthetically and in terms of its meaning. Michael D. Coe begins by examining the origins and character of the script. He then explores the world of the scribes and "keepers of the holy books, " decoding their depiction in Maya art and describing the mediums in which they worked, their tools, and techniques.
America S First Civilization
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Author : Michael D. Coe
language : en
Publisher: New Word City
Release Date : 2017-02-07
America S First Civilization written by Michael D. Coe and has been published by New Word City this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-07 with History categories.
Here is the story of America's oldest - and oddest - civilization, the Olmecs of the southern Mexican jungles. Virtually unknown to archaeologists until the early twentieth century, their true importance is only now being realized and shedding new light on how the Indian peoples of the Americas came to be here.
2000 Years Of Mayan Literature
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Author : Dennis Tedlock
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2011-11-04
2000 Years Of Mayan Literature written by Dennis Tedlock and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-04 with History categories.
A chronological survey of Mayan literature, covering two thousand years, from the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions to later works using the Roman alphabet.
Palenque
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Author : David Stuart
language : en
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Release Date : 2008-11-18
Palenque written by David Stuart and has been published by Thames and Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-18 with Architecture categories.
Palenque, known as the 'queen of Maya cities', fell into ruin when Mayan civilization suffered a mysterious collapse over a millennium ago. Here, father-and-son team George and David Stuart lead the reader on a journey with pioneer artists and archaeologists from the 18th century on as they rediscovered Palenque and attempted to document the city's graceful and ornate palaces, temples, bas-reliefs and hieroglyphic inscriptions. The Stuarts portray a lost world of palace intrigue, of war and peace, of brilliant architects and sculptors, of patron gods and revered ancestors, of a city teeming with craftsmen, traders and farmers. Today Palenque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a place of new reverence and relevance for millions of modern Maya, archaeologists and all those fascinated by the history of the Maya.
Lost Languages
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Author : Andrew Robinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Lost Languages written by Andrew Robinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Extinct languages categories.
Undeciphered scripts have long tantalized the public, whether it's the possibility of hearing the voices of ancient peoples or the puzzle solver's taste for the challenges posed by breaking codes. Here, Andrew Robinson investigates the most famous examples, beginning with the stories of three great decipherments: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Maya glyphs, and the Minoan Linear B clay tablets. He then covers the important scripts that have yet to be cracked, such as the Etruscan alphabet and Rongorongo from Easter Island.
A Forest Of Kings
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Author : Linda Schele
language : en
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date : 1990
A Forest Of Kings written by Linda Schele and has been published by William Morrow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
The recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. Now, two central figures in the massive effort to decode the glyphs, Linda Schele and David Freidel, make this history available for the first time in all its detail. A Forest of Kings is the story of Maya kingship, from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders two thousand years ago to the decline of Maya civilization and its destruction by the Spanish. Here the great historic rulers of Precolumbian civilization come to life again with the decipherment of the writing. At its height, Maya civilization flourished under great kings like Shield-Jaguar, who ruled for over sixty years, expanding his kingdom and building some of the most impressive works of architecture in the ancient world. Long placed on a mist-shrouded pedestal as austere, peaceful stargazers, the Maya elites are now known to have been the rulers or populous, aggressive city-states. Hailed as "a Rosetta Stone of Maya civilization" (Brian M. Fagan, author of People of the Earth), A Forest of Kings is "a must for interested readers," says Evon Vogt, professor of anthropology at Harvard University.