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Breaking the Maya Code

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Breaking the Maya Code

by Michael D Coe

About this title: This is the story of how the Mayan glyphs found in the ancient ruins of Copan and other Mayan sites have been deciphered within the last 20 years. Michael Coe worked with all the leading players in this field. Although the Mayan cities were discovered a century and a half ago, the field of Mayan scholarship was dominated by scholars who had a ... read more

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Edition: First Paperback Edition Binding: Glossy Softcover Publisher: Thames and Hudson, New York Date Published: 1992 ISBN-13: 9780500277218 ISBN: 0500277214

Description: As New. No Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The author narrates the decipherment of an ancient script. 304 pp. Indexed. 112 b/w illustrations. Bibliography, Sources, Notes, & Glossary. I see no flaws at all in this very nice copy. read more

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Thames and Hudson, New York Date Published: 1992 ISBN-13: 9780500050613 ISBN: 0500050619

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Oct 1, 2009
By erik, Chicago, IL

"Although reluctant to be a first world tourist in a third world area, my wife Linda eventually got me to go down to Quintana Roo in the Yucatan with her. Ultimately, I made three trips, all of them to the area midway between Cancun and Belize, preparing for them each time by reading up on the region and its original inhabitants, the Maya.

While Linda preferred the beach, I preferred exploring the ruins which are abundant in the area. To do so I befriended the locals, the descendants of the Maya, particularly the children, asking them where interesting things were. Then, following the paths of generations of little boys, I would go into the jungle to the places the tourists never venture, the places without roads. There, among other things, I found a cave with an island in it, and many square limestone structures, open on their sides, ranging in size from buildings a dozen feet tall to stupas the height of one's chest. And, yes, of course, I also went to Tulum and Xelha and Coba and other more touristic sites, pretty much covering the coast from Cancun to the southern border, much of it on foot.

Now, three trips and dozens of books into the matter, I'm an amateur student of the Maya, a culture at once so distant from ours and so close. The conquest of only happened 400-500 years ago. The paint on some of the ruins is still, compared to ancient Greece or Rome, fresh.

One of the better introductory works on the Maya that I read was Coe's book by that title. Published in 1966, it still looked at Mayan civilization as a mystery. We could read their numerations, but not their language at that time. This book, published in 1992, tells a very different and much more hopeful story, the written Mayan language having been deciphered in the intervening years.

Breaking the Maya Code is at once a history of the study of Mayan civilization and an explanation as to how their written language worked--and why we took so very long to come around to understanding it. The historical part of the book is very accessible, almost as exciting as a good mystery. The linguistic part of the book tends to get technical, though the author does adequately explain things for the layperson."

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goodreads rating 3 out of 5 3 out of 5
Jul 19, 2009
By Todd, Huntington Beach, CA

"Fascinating read touching on epigraphy, culture, the clash of civilizations, intellectual orthodoxy and the loss of previously held knowledge. Still one of my favorites even if I didn't agree with much that Dr. Coe thought."

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Maya mystery, Jul 9, 2009
By Sarattus, San Antonio, Tx

"It takes a bit of patience to get into this book but it is well worth it. Worth it if you are interested in how a "hieroglyphic" system was finally and belatedly decyphered. I found it a hard book to put down once the story took hold, The Maya glyphs were a longtime enigma to scholars, so much so that for decades many thought they had nothing to do with spoken Maya. One major hurdle to breaking the code was the absence of a "Rosetta Stone" for the Maya script, another was scholastic arrogance. By the way, the Mayans were the only New World civilization which developed a true written language."

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goodreads rating 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
Jul 1, 2009
By Matt, The United States

"This book is great. The Mayan glyphs are so mysterious, so artistic. The author walks through the history of the attempts to decipher Mayan glyphs, spanning 150 years. It is a no holds barred, in your face primer on the basics of written language, yet not so technical that you lose interest. The storyline is interesting as Michael Coe introduces the reader to the great minds (and not so great minds) and their contributions to the decipherment. All along the way, the ancient Maya are brought to life as their written statements shed light into their philosophy, astronomy, calendrics, aggressions and rituals."

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