Breaking the Maya code

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Traces the history of the struggle to decipher the Mayan language, describing the conflicting approaches and explaining what Mayan inscriptions reveal about their culture.

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Title Statements

Full title :Breaking the Maya code / Michael D. Coe.

Summary

Traces the history of the struggle to decipher the Mayan language, describing the conflicting approaches and explaining what Mayan inscriptions reveal about their culture.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Thames & Hudson
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:304 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780500289556, 0500289557
oclc:ocn755071785
LC Classification:F1435.3.W75
Dewey Decimal:497.42

Preface -- Prologue -- 1. The word made visible -- 2. Lords of the forest -- 3. A jungle civilization rediscovered -- 4. Forefathers: the dawn of decipherment -- 5. The age of [John Eric Sidney] Thompson -- 6. A new wind from the East -- The age of [Tatiana] Proskouriakoff: the Maya enter history -- 8. Pakal's people -- 9. Down into Xibalbá -- 10. A new dawn -- 11. A look backward, a view forward -- Envoi -- Appendix A: Proskourieff's "Suggested order of discussion" -- Appendix B: The Maya syllabic chart.

Subjects

Antiquities Archaeology Archaeology -- History. -- Central Amer… Archaeology -- History. -- Mexico Archéologie -- Histoire. -- Amérique ce… Archéologie -- Histoire. -- Mexique Central America Central America -- Antiquities History Langues maya-quiché -- Écriture Mayan languages -- Writing Mexico Mexico -- Antiquities Mexique -- Antiquités