Coe, Michael D.
Breaking the Maya code Michael D. Coe - New York Thames and Hudson c1992. - 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
Tells the story of the decipherment of the ancient Mayan script and of the people who made the breakthroughs.
75187
0500050619 :
9780500050613
91065312 //r95
Mayan languages--Writing.
Archaeology--History.--Mexico
Archaeology--History.--Central America
Mexico--Antiquities.
Central America--Antiquities.
972.81016 Coe 15
Breaking the Maya code Michael D. Coe - New York Thames and Hudson c1992. - 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
Tells the story of the decipherment of the ancient Mayan script and of the people who made the breakthroughs.
75187
0500050619 :
9780500050613
91065312 //r95
Mayan languages--Writing.
Archaeology--History.--Mexico
Archaeology--History.--Central America
Mexico--Antiquities.
Central America--Antiquities.
972.81016 Coe 15