Reading the Maya Glyphs

Name: Reading the Maya Glyphs
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ISBN: 9780500051108

ISBN-10: 0500051100

ISBN-13: 9780500051108

Edition: 2001

Authors: Michael D. Coe, Mark Van Stone

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This guide enables the reading and comprehension of commonly encountered classic Maya texts. Topics covered include the nature of the script, the Maya calendar, dynastic and political texts, and aspects of the natural and supernatural world.

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Brian K. Blount is Associate Professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary.



Preface



The Cultural Background of Maya Writing



Overview of a civilization



Scribes and artists



The language of the inscriptions



The Nature of the Maya Script



Principles



Syllabograms



Morphosyllabic signs



Logograms with phonetic complements



Polyvalence



Conflation



Some grammar



Nouns



Gender



Pronouns



Adjectives



Verbs



Locative prepositions



Time and the Calendar



General remarks



Maya numbers



The Calendar Round



The 260-day Count



The Haab



The Long Count and the Initial Series



The Initial Series



The Supplementary Series



Distance Numbers, Period Endings, and anniversaries



Royal Lives and Royal Rituals



General remarks



Life-cycle events



Birth



Accession



Death and burial



Ritual activities



Period Ending rites



Bloodletting



God impersonation



Royal dance



Ballplaying and ballcourts



Postscript



Places and Polities



Emblem Glyphs



Toponyms (place names)



Dynastic Names and Titles



Titles



Rulers



Relationships



Parentage statements



Spouse



Siblings



Warfare



Glyphs for general war



The taking of prisoners



Scribes and Artists



Users of brush pens



Carvers



Other titles for artists and scribes



Ceramic Texts



General remarks



The Primary Standard Sequence (PSS)



The Supernatural World



General remarks



Divinity and godhead



The major gods



Paired gods



Triads



The Death Gods



The way spirit-companions



The Inanimate and Animate Worlds



The physical world



The directions



The colors



The sky and the earth



Humans



Animals



Buildings and structures



Stone objects



Pottery vessels



Costume and personal adornment


Illustration Examples


Syllabary


A Maya Lexicon


Calendrical Formulae and Tables


Software Programs


Exercise Answers


Brief Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index