Reading the Maya Glyphs (Paperback) - 2nd edition

Informationen zum Autor Professor Michael D. Coe is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Curator Emeritus in the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University. His books include The Maya , Reading the Maya Glyphs and Mexico and The True History of Chocolate , all published by Thames & Hudson. Mark Van Stone is the world’s leading interpreter of Maya calligraphic art. Klappentext A noted Mayanist and an accomplished calligrapher decipher real Maya texts, taking the latest research and breakthroughs into account, adding glyphs, updating captions, and reinterpreting or expanding upon earlier decipherments. Vorwort A compact guide to explore and understand commonly encountered Classic Maya texts Zusammenfassung In the recent past, a working knowledge of the Maya script has been confined to epigraphers, art historians and other specialists. This is a compact, portable guide to enable students, tourists and armchair travellers to read and understand commonly encountered Classic Maya texts.

Product details

• Authors: Michael D Coe, Michael D. Coe, Coe Michael D., Mark Stone, Mark Van Stone, Mark van Stone
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9780500285534
• ISBN: 978-0-500-28553-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 460 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, History of the Americas, The Americas, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History of the Americas: pre-Columbian period, Pre-Columbian America, HISTORY / Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era, Mayan, Mayan languages