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Reading Mayan Hieroglyphs
The path to decipherment
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Rudimentary script developed by Olmec Maya inherit and embellish/expand on
script around 300 BC. Early uses apparently for inventory and
astronomical observations. Create earliest history of the Americas
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Each of these glyphs is comprised of other glyphs.
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Scribes working on books. Illustration from Codices.
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Bumpy path to breaking the code.
Key individuals in the effort to decipher Mayan glyphs
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Sir Eric Thompsen
Michael Coe
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Yuri Knorosov
Linda Schele
TatianaProskouriakoff
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David Stuart
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Historical movement of Mayan language groups
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Forms of script
Logographic Ideographic Syllabic Alphabetic Esoteric
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How much of this ideograph is contextual?
How many do you encounter each day?
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Copan. Temple of inscriptions
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Mayan numerical system
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Typical transcription.
Read from top to bottom left to right
The common practice is to create a line drawing of all inscriptions in order to impose clarity.
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Epigraphers divide Glyph panels into a grid system for reading
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Borgia codex
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Page from Borgia codex
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Page from Borgia codex
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Paris codex
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Paris codex
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Dresden codex on exhibit
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Basic Bibliography Michael Coe
1992 Breaking the Maya Code. Thames and Hudson, NY. Henderson, John
1981 The World of the Ancient Maya. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
Schele, Linda and Freidel, David 1990 The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. William Morrow and Co., NY.
Morley, Sylvanus 1975 [1915] Introduction to the Study of Maya Hieroglyphs. Dover Publ., NY.
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Tracing the glyphs
Team with one partner. Examine inscription from the hieroglyphic
panel you are given.Are there separate elements? How many?
Isolate them.Trace or sketch main characters as line
drawing in pencil.Any recognizable characteristics?
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