Maya glyphs
Houston, Stephen D.
Maya glyphs / S.D. Houston - Berkeley, California : University of California Press/British Museum , c1989. - 64 p. : illus. ; 25 cm
Maya glyphic writing is one of the most complex scripts ever devised. From before AD 250 until well after the Spanish conquest Maya Indians of Mexico and Central America used elaborate pictorial signs to record ideas, words, and syllables. This book surveys the discovery and partial decipherment of glyphic writing and introduces the reader to the media on which glyphs are recorded.
English
0-520-06771-1
Mayas--- Glifos
Mayas---Writing
LAS 497.4 HOU
Maya glyphs / S.D. Houston - Berkeley, California : University of California Press/British Museum , c1989. - 64 p. : illus. ; 25 cm
Maya glyphic writing is one of the most complex scripts ever devised. From before AD 250 until well after the Spanish conquest Maya Indians of Mexico and Central America used elaborate pictorial signs to record ideas, words, and syllables. This book surveys the discovery and partial decipherment of glyphic writing and introduces the reader to the media on which glyphs are recorded.
English
0-520-06771-1
Mayas--- Glifos
Mayas---Writing
LAS 497.4 HOU
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