READING THE MAYA GLYPHS

COE, MICHAEL D.

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ISBN:978-0-500-28553-4
EAN:9780500285534
Editorial: THAMES & HUDSON
Fecha de la edición:2016
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Encuadernación:RUSTICA
Nº Pág.:176
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This guide will enhance the appreciation some of the world's greatest art and architecture for visitors to the great Maya sites of Mexico and Central America and museum-goers. In the recent past, a working knowledge of the Maya script has been confined to epigraphers, art historians and other specialists. Its very unfamiliarity to the general public, and the daunting aspect of its approximately 800 signs, have made the system appear more complex and arcane than it really is. Topics covered in this book include the nature of the script, the intricate Maya calendar, dynastic and political texts, and every aspect of the natural and supernatural world in which they lived. Written by the world's leading authority in Maya studies, Michael D. Coe, and illustrated by the drawings of Mark Van Stone, one of America's outstanding calligraphers, the book presupposes no previous training in Maya epigraphy or archaeology.