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How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs John Montgomery

How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs By John Montgomery

How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs by John Montgomery


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Summary

The ancient Maya civilisation of Mesoamerica was one of five in the history of the world to invent an original, functional writing system. Maya scribes documented the history of their civilisation in hieroglyphic script, yet by the nineteenth century there was not a single person left who could read this pictorial writing.

How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs Summary

How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs by John Montgomery

This comprehensive guide to deciphering Maya hieroglyphs contains a complete outline of the writing, presenting individual signs and their meanings, the script's grammatical structure and content, and explanations of the sophisticated Maya calendrical and mathematical systems.

About John Montgomery

John Montgomery is an illustrator, epigrapher, writer, and PhD candidate in the field of Pre-Columbian Art at the University of New Mexico. He also teaches art history at the South-western Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque. A long and varied experience in Central America first inspired his interest in the ancient Maya. His glyphic illustrations based on a lifetime of involvement with Maya glyph decipherment. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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GOR013367420
9780781810203
0781810205
How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs by John Montgomery
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
2004-01-15
378
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