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050 00 $aF1435.3.W75$bC64 2005
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100 1 $aCoe, Michael D.
245 10 $aReading the Maya glyphs /$cMichael D. Coe, Mark Van Stone.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aLondon :$bThames & Hudson,$c2005.
300 $a176 pages :$billustrations (some color), color map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"With glyph illustrations throughout."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 172-173) and index.
520 0 $aIn this practical guide Michael D. Coe and Mark Van Stone have made the difficult, often mysterious Maya 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. The book includes illustrations of historic texts, a syllabary, a lexicon, and translation exercises. For the second edition the authors have added glyphs, updated captions, and reinterpreted or expanded upon earlier decipherments.
505 0 $aThe cultural background of Maya writing -- The nature of the Maya script -- Time and the calendar -- Royal lives and royal rituals -- Places and polities -- Dynastic names and titles -- Relationships -- Warfare -- Scribes and artists -- Ceramic texts -- The supernatural world -- The inanimate and animate worlds.
650 0 $aMayan languages$xWriting.
650 0 $aInscriptions, Mayan.
650 0 $aMayan languages$xAlphabet.
700 1 $aVan Stone, Mark.
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