Reading The Maya Glyphs

Author : Michael D. Coe,Mark Van Stone
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780500773338

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Reading the Maya Glyphs (Second Edition) by Michael D. Coe,Mark Van Stone Pdf

The breaking of the Maya code has completely changed our knowledge of this ancient civilization, and has revealed the Maya people's long and vivid history. Decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing has progressed to the point where most Maya written texts—whether inscribed on monuments, written in the codices, or painted or incised on ceramics—can now be read with confidence. In this practical guide, first published in 2001, Michael D. Coe, the noted Mayanist, and Mark Van Stone, an accomplished calligrapher, have made the difficult, often mysterious script accessible to the nonspecialist. They decipher real Maya texts, and the transcriptions include a picture of the glyph, the pronunciation, the Maya words in Roman type, and the translation into English. For the second edition, the authors have taken the latest research and breakthroughs into account, adding glyphs, updating captions, and reinterpreting or expanding upon earlier decipherments. After an introductory discussion of Maya culture and history and the nature of the Maya script, the authors introduce the glyphs in a series of chapters that elaborate on topics such as the intricate calendar, warfare, royal lives and rituals, politics, dynastic names, ceramics, relationships, and the supernatural world. The book includes illustrations of historic texts, a syllabary, a lexicon, and translation exercises.

Author : Michael D. Coe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0500051100

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Reading the Maya Glyphs by Michael D. Coe Pdf

"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.

Author : Stephen D. Houston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Indians of Central America
ISBN : UVA:X001593226

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Maya Glyphs by Stephen D. Houston Pdf

Author : Sylvanus Griswold Morley
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Maya calendar
ISBN : 9781465582430

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An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs by Sylvanus Griswold Morley Pdf

Author : Michael D. Coe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Inscriptions, Mayan
ISBN : OCLC:1151071811

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Reading the Maya Glyphs by Michael D. Coe Pdf

Author : J. Eric S. Thompson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1015705340

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Maya Hieroglyphic Writing by J. Eric S. Thompson Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : John Montgomery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : PSU:000056290837

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How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs by John Montgomery Pdf

This comprehensive guide to deciphering Maya hieroglyphs contains a complete outline of the writing, presenting individual signs and their meanings, the script's grammatical structure and content, and explanations of the sophisticated Maya calendrical and mathematical systems.

Author : Scott A.J. Johnson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806189406

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Translating Maya Hieroglyphs by Scott A.J. Johnson Pdf

Maya hieroglyphic writing may seem impossibly opaque to beginning students, but scholar Scott A. J. Johnson presents it as a regular and comprehensible system in this engaging, easy-to-follow textbook. The only comprehensive introduction designed specifically for those new to the study, Translating Maya Hieroglyphs uses a hands-on approach to teach learners the current state of Maya epigraphy. Johnson shows readers step by step how to translate ancient Maya glyphs. He begins by describing how to break down a Mayan text into individual glyphs in the correct reading order, and then explains the different types of glyphs and how they function in the script. Finally, he shows how to systematically convert a Mayan inscription into modern English. Not simply a reference volume, Translating Maya Hieroglyphs is pedagogically arranged so that it functions as an introductory foreign-language textbook. Chapters cover key topics, including spelling, dates and numbers, basic grammar, and verbs. Formal linguistic information is accessibly explained, while worksheets and exercises complement and reinforce the material covered in the text. Glyph blocks and phrases drawn from actual monuments illustrate the variety and scribal virtuosity of Maya writing. The Maya writing system has not been fully deciphered. Throughout the text, Johnson outlines and explains the outstanding disputes among Mayanists. At the end of each chapter, he offers sources for further reading. Helpful appendices provide quick reference to vocabulary, glyph meanings, and calendrical data for students undertaking a translation. The study of Maya glyphs has long been an arcane subject known only to a few specialists. This book will change that. Taking advantage of the great strides scholars have made in deciphering hieroglyphs in the past four decades, Translating Maya Hieroglyphs brings this knowledge to a broader audience, including archaeologists and budding epigraphers.

Author : John Montgomery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111790148

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Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs by John Montgomery Pdf

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.

Author : Michael D. Coe,Mark Van Stone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0500285535

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Reading the Maya Glyphs by Michael D. Coe,Mark Van Stone Pdf

The breaking of the Maya code has completely changed our knowledge ofthis ancient civilization, and has revealed the Maya people's long andvivid history.

Author : Jon Voelkel,Pamela Voelkel
Publisher : Darby Creek
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781606840719

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Middleworld by Jon Voelkel,Pamela Voelkel Pdf

When his archaeologist parents go missing in Central America, fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods. Includes cast of characters, glossary, facts about the Maya cosmos and calendar, and a recipe for chicken tamales.

Author : Martha J. Macri,Matthew George Looper
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Inscriptions, Mayan
ISBN : 0806134976

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The New Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs: The Classic period inscriptions by Martha J. Macri,Matthew George Looper Pdf

For hundreds of years, Maya artists and scholars used hieroglyphs to record their history and culture. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, archaeologists, photographers, and artists recorded the Maya carvings that remained, often by transporting box cameras and plaster casts through the jungle on muleback. The New Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs, Volume I: The Classic Period Inscriptions is a guide to all the known hieroglyphic symbols of the Classic Maya script. In the New Catalog Martha J. Macri and Matthew G. Looper have produced a valuable research tool based on the latest Mesoamerican scholarship. An essential resource for all students of Maya texts, the New Catalog is also accessible to nonspecialists with an interest in Mesoamerican cultures. Macri and Looper present the combined knowledge of the most reliable scholars in Maya epigraphy. They provide currently accepted syllabic and logographic values, a history of references to published discussions of each sign, and related lexical entries from dictionaries of Maya languages, all of which were compiled through the Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project. This first volume of the New Catalog focuses on texts from the Classic Period (approximately 150-900 C.E.), which have been found on carved stone monuments, stucco wall panels, wooden lintels, carved and painted pottery, murals, and small objects of jadeite, shell, bone, and wood. The forthcoming second volume will describe the hieroglyphs of the three surviving Maya codices that date from later periods.

Author : Michael D. Coe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1994-08
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 0140234810

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Breaking the Maya Code by Michael D. Coe Pdf

This is the story of how the Mayan glyphs found in the ancient ruins of Copan and other Mayan sites have been deciphered within the last 20 years. Michael Coe worked with all the leading players in this field. Although the Mayan cities were discovered a century and a half ago, the field of Mayan scholarship was dominated by scholars who had a dogmatic approach to the decipherment.

Author : Stephen D. Houston,Oswaldo Fernando Chinchilla Mazariegos,David Stuart
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0806132043

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The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing by Stephen D. Houston,Oswaldo Fernando Chinchilla Mazariegos,David Stuart Pdf

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 contributed to the understanding of these ancient glyphs.

Author : Daniel G. Brinton
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547637660

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A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics by Daniel G. Brinton Pdf

"A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics" by Daniel G. Brinton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.