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Breaking the Maya code, Michael D. Coe

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Breaking the Maya code, Michael D. Coe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-299) and index

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platesillustrationsmaps

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Breaking the Maya code

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

779613114

Responsibility statement

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

Table Of Contents

Preface -- Prologue -- The word made visible -- Lords of the forest -- A jungle civilization rediscovered -- Forefathers: the dawn of decipherment -- The age of Thompson -- A new wind from the east -- The age of Proskouriakoff: the Maya enter history -- Pakal's people -- Down into Xibalbá -- A new dawn -- A look backward, a view forward -- Envoi -- Appendix A. Proskouriakoff's "suggested order of discussion" -- Appendix B. The Maya syllabic chart

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