Reading the Maya glyphs.

Reading the Maya glyphs.

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Author / Creator:Coe, Michael D.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:New York : Thames & Hudson, 2005.
Description:176 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Mayan languages -- Writing.
Inscriptions, Mayan.
Inscriptions, Mayan.
Mayan languages -- Alphabet.
Mayan languages -- Writing.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5642050
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Other authors / contributors:Van Stone, Mark.
ISBN:0500285535
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. The Cultural Background of Maya Writing
  • 1.1. Overview of a civilization
  • 1.2. Scribes and artists
  • 1.3. The language of the inscriptions
  • 2. The Nature of the Maya Script
  • 2.1. Principles
  • 2.2. Syllabograms
  • 2.3. Morphosyllabic signs
  • 2.4. Logograms with phonetic complements
  • 2.5. Polyvalence
  • 2.6. Conflation
  • 2.7. Some grammar
  • 2.7.1. Nouns
  • 2.7.2. Gender
  • 2.7.3. Pronouns
  • 2.7.4. Adjectives
  • 2.7.5. Verbs
  • 2.8. Locative prepositions
  • 3. Time and the Calendar
  • 3.1. General remarks
  • 3.2. Maya numbers
  • 3.3. The Calendar Round
  • 3.3.1. The 260-day Count
  • 3.3.2. The Haab
  • 3.4. The Long Count and the Initial Series
  • 3.4.1. The Initial Series
  • 3.4.2. The Supplementary Series
  • 3.5. Distance Numbers, Period Endings, and anniversaries
  • 4. Royal Lives and Royal Rituals
  • 4.1. General remarks
  • 4.2. Life-cycle events
  • 4.2.1. Birth
  • 4.2.2. Accession
  • 4.2.3. Death and burial
  • 4.3. Ritual activities
  • 4.3.1. Period Ending rites
  • 4.3.2. Bloodletting
  • 4.3.3. God impersonation
  • 4.3.4. Royal dance
  • 4.3.5. Ballplaying and ballcourts
  • 4.3.6. Postscript
  • 5. Places and Polities
  • 5.1. Emblem Glyphs
  • 5.2. Toponyms (place names)
  • 6. Dynastic Names and Titles
  • 6.1. Titles
  • 6.2. Rulers
  • 7. Relationships
  • 7.1. Parentage statements
  • 7.2. Spouse
  • 7.3. Siblings
  • 8. Warfare
  • 8.1. Glyphs for general war
  • 8.2. The taking of prisoners
  • 9. Scribes and Artists
  • 9.1. Users of brush pens
  • 9.2. Carvers
  • 9.3. Other titles for artists and scribes
  • 10. Ceramic Texts
  • 10.1. General remarks
  • 10.2. The Primary Standard Sequence (PSS)
  • 11. The Supernatural World
  • 11.1. General remarks
  • 11.2. Divinity and godhead
  • 11.3. The major gods
  • 11.4. Paired gods
  • 11.5. Triads
  • 11.6. The Death Gods
  • 11.7. The way spirit-companions
  • 12. The Inanimate and Animate Worlds
  • 12.1. The physical world
  • 12.1.1. The directions
  • 12.1.2. The colors
  • 12.1.3. The sky and the earth
  • 12.2. Humans
  • 12.3. Animals
  • 12.4. Buildings and structures
  • 12.5. Stone objects
  • 12.6. Pottery vessels
  • 12.7. Costume and personal adornment
  • Illustration Examples
  • Syllabary
  • A Maya Lexicon
  • Calendrical Formulae and Tables
  • Software Programs
  • Exercise Answers
  • Brief Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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