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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Map of the Maya World | |
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| Pronunciation | |
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| Orthography | |
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| Conventions for Transcribing Maya Glyphs | |
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| T-Numbers | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| History of Decipherment | |
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| Discovery Phase: Early Attempts | |
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| Initial Decipherments | |
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| The Age of Thompson | |
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| The Historical Phase of Decipherment | |
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| Phonetic Decipherment | |
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| The Basics | |
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| Organization | |
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| Types of Glyphs: Carved Versus Painted Forms | |
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| Types of Glyphs: Functional Forms | |
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| Types of Glyphs: Iconographic Forms | |
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| Types of Glyphs: Grammatical Forms | |
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| Polyvalent Signs | |
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| Selected Common Signs | |
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| Introduction to the Calendars: Numbers, Initial Series, and Long Count | |
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| Numbers | |
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| Systems of Time | |
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| Initial Series | |
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| Long Count | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Calendar Round | |
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| Tzolk'in | |
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| Ja'ab' | |
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| How the Calendar Round Works | |
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| The Initial Series: Putting Everything Together | |
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| The Supplementary and Other Series | |
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| Lords of the Night | |
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| Lunar Series | |
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| 819-Day Count | |
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| Glyphs Y and Z | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Period Endings and Distance Numbers | |
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| Period Endings | |
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| Distance Numbers | |
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| Suppression of Signs | |
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| Distance Numbers as Initial Series | |
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| Summary | |
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| Phoneticism in the Maya Script | |
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| Landa's "Alphabet" | |
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| Clues from the Codices | |
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| The Principle of Synharmony | |
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| Spelling Conventions | |
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| Morpho-syllables | |
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| Substitution Sets | |
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| The Syllabary | |
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| The Language of the Glyphs | |
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| Summary | |
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| Verbs, Verbal Inflection, and Grammatical Elements | |
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| How to Identify Verbs | |
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| Verbal Inflection | |
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| General Verbs | |
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| Ti Constructions | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Major Events | |
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| Birth | |
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| Heir Designation | |
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| Accession | |
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| House, Monument, and Object Dedications | |
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| Arrival and Departure | |
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| Appear, Emerge | |
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| Miscellaneous Actions | |
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| Contract, "Betrothal" | |
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| Get Drunk, Dance | |
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| Bloodletting and Sacrifice | |
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| War | |
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| Death | |
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| Burial | |
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| Names and Titles | |
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| Personal Name Clauses | |
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| Titles and Offices | |
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| Royal Names | |
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| Artists' Signatures and Titles | |
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| Relationships | |
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| Parentage Statements | |
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| Wife | |
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| Siblings and Other Relatives | |
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| Companions | |
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| Political Relationships | |
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| Summary | |
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| Locations and Objects | |
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| Directional and Color Glyphs | |
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| Emblem Glyphs | |
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| Titles of Origin | |
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| Toponyms | |
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| Names of Buildings | |
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| Monuments and Other Objects | |
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| Tribute | |
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| Summary | |
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| Gods and Supernaturals | |
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| "The Heavenly God, the Earthly God, All the Gods" | |
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| Lineage Founders | |
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| Vision Serpents | |
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| Way, Wayob' | |
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| The Pantheon of Major Gods | |
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| The Primary Standard Sequence | |
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| The Basic Formula | |
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| The Introductory or Presentation Phrase | |
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| Surface Treatment | |
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| Vessel Type | |
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| Vessel Contents | |
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| The Closure Phrase | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discourse and Structural Analysis: Putting It All Together | |
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| The Discourse Structure of Yaxchilan Stela 11 | |
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| Multiple Episodes and Events | |
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| Establishing an Event Line | |
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| Discourse Structure on Piedras Negras Panel 3 | |
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| Advanced Decipherment | |
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| Techniques of Structural and Comparative Analysis | |
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| Advanced Analysis: Calculations Into the Extreme Past | |
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| Problems in Decipherment: Looking Forward | |
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| How to Teach Yourself In Greater Depth | |
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| Yaxchilan Stela 11, Front, Lower Glyph Panel | |
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| Sample Texts and Practice Inscriptions | |
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| Easy | |
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| Difficult | |
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| A Guide to Hieroglyphic Resources | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Publication Series | |
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| Sources of Inscriptions | |
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| Annual Meetings | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| List of Illustrations | |
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| List of Plates | |
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| Index | |