Coe, Michael D.          <br/><br/>
Breaking the Maya code 
Michael D. Coe 
 - New York   Thames and Hudson  c1992. 
 - 304 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/> Prologue -- The word made visible -- Lords of the forest -- A jungle civilization rediscovered -- Forefathers: the dawn of decipherment -- The age of Thompson -- A new wind from the east -- The age of Proskouriakoff: the Maya enter history -- Pacal's people -- Down to Xibalba -- A new dawn -- A look backward, a view forward -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> Tells the story of the decipherment of the ancient Mayan script and of the people who made the breakthroughs. 
<br/><br/> 75187 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0500050619 : 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>9780500050613 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>91065312 //r95 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mayan languages--Writing.<br/>Archaeology--History.--Mexico<br/>Archaeology--History.--Central America
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mexico--Antiquities.<br/>Central America--Antiquities.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>972.81016 Coe   15