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Maya glyphs / S.D. Houston

By:

Houston, Stephen D

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley, California : University of California Press/British Museum , c1989.Description: 64 p. : illus. ; 25 cmISBN:

0-520-06771-1

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DDC classification:

LAS 497.4 HOU

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 497.4 HOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		059249

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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.

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