Reading the Maya Glyphs 2e

Name: Reading the Maya Glyphs 2e
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ISBN: 9780500285534

ISBN-10: 0500285535

ISBN-13: 9780500285534

Edition: 2nd 2016 (Revised)

Authors: Michael D. Coe, Mark Van Stone

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Book details

List price: $21.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 6/17/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.12" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.946
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