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Understanding Maya inscriptions : a hieroglyph handbook / by John F. Harris and Stephen K. Stearns.
Penn Museum Library F1435.3.W75 H37 1997
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LIBRA F1435.3.W75 H37 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, John F. (John Ferguson)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mayan languages--Writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Mayan languages.
- Mayan languages--Writing.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- x, 247 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University Museum Publications, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1997.
- Summary:
- This second edition includes revised and updated versions of three earlier publications: "Understanding Maya Inscriptions: A Hieroglyph Handbook"; "New and Recent Maya Hieroglyph Readings"; and "A Resource Bibliography for the Decipherment of Maya Hieroglyphs and New Maya Hieroglyph Readings."This volume is designed to function as a self-teaching tool to help the neophyte, and yet be of value to scholars. It introduces the latest methods of analysis, illustrates techniques for computing Maya calendrics, uses the currently accepted orthography, provides syllabary and syntax, suggests new glyph readings, and presents various interpretations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0924171413
- OCLC:
- 34077021
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