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Breaking the Maya code / Michael D. Coe.
Van Pelt Library F1435.3.W75 C64 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coe, Michael D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mayan languages--Writing.
- Mayan languages.
- Archaeology--Mexico--History.
- Archaeology.
- Archaeology--Central America--History.
- History.
- Mexico--Antiquities.
- Mexico.
- Antiquities.
- Central America--Antiquities.
- Central America.
- Physical Description:
- 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2012.
- Summary:
- The inside story of one of the great intellectual breakthroughs of our time-the last great decipherment of an ancient script-now revised and updated Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The Word Made Visible 13
- 2 Lords of the Forest 46
- 3 A Jungle Civilization Rediscovered 73
- 4 Forefathers: The Dawn of Decipherment 99
- 5 The Age of Thompson 123
- 6 A New Wind from the East 145
- 7 The Age of Proskouriakoff: The Maya Enter History 167
- 8 Pakal's People 193
- 9 Down into Xibalbá 217
- 10 A New Dawn 230
- 11 A Look Backward, A View Forward 257.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780500289556
- 0500289557
- OCLC:
- 755071785
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