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Maya Script presents about 200 Maya glyphs (symbolic figures). Some are ideograms (pictorial symbols representing things, not words); others are phonetic signs. The glyphs express people, animals, things, and such abstract concepts as death. Each one opens a window onto fragments of everyday life, religious beliefs, or even emotions. The complexity of the Maya calendar, mathematical computations, and astronomy reveals a highly developed civilization. This book also features two-color drawings of the glyphs, illustrations from reliefs and Spanish codices, and examples of Maya sculpture and paintings. Conclud
Maya Script
by Longhena, Maria; Giammanco Frongia, Rosanna M.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher(s): Abbeville Pr
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Summary
By the time Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico in the sixteenth century, Maya cities had long since fallen into a state of decay and abandonment. Europeans were impressed by the painted books of the Maya but concluded that they did not have a system of writing because no alphabetic value could be given to their script. This impression remained in the West until recently when researchers finally succeeded in deciphering the written record of the Mayas.
Author Biography
Maria Longhena is a scholar of pre-Columbian civilizations and history.
Table of Contents
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| Foreword | 7 | (2) | |||
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| Further Reading | 176 | (1) | |||
| Index | 177 |
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