Maya Script: A Civilization and Its Writing
- ISBN-10
- 0789206536
- ISBN-13
- 9780789206534
- Category
- History / Civilization
- Pages
- 180
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press Publishers
- Author
- María Longhena
Description
This volume presents about 200 Maya glyphs (symbolic figures). Some are ideograms (pictorial symbols representing things, not words); others are phonetic signs. The glyphs express people, animals, things, and such abstract concepts as death. Each one opens a window onto fragments of everyday life, religious beliefs, or even emotions. The complexity of the Maya calendar, mathematical computations, and astronomy reveals a highly-developed civilization. This book also features two-colour drawings of the glyphs, illustrations from reliefs and Spanish codices, and examples of Maya sculpture and paintings. Concluding the book is a chapter on writing systems of the New World, a list of museums to visit, a bibliography, and an index of glyphs.
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