READING THE MAYA GLYPHS

Decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing has progressed to the point where most Maya written texts?whether inscribed on monuments, written in the codices, or painted or incised on ceramics?can now be read with confidence.In this practical guide, first published i n 2001, Michael D. Coe, the noted Mayanist, and Mark Van Stone, an accomplished calligrapher, have made the difficult, often mysteri ous script accessible to the nonspecialist. They decipher real Maya texts, and the transcriptions include a picture of the glyph, th e pronunc...[Read more]