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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 dogmatic approach to the decipherment. Both personalities and Cold War politics slowed down the process. Then in the early 50s, a Russian scholar, Knorosov, interpreted the glyphs in a ...

Breaking the Maya Code 2011, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780500289556

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Breaking the Maya Code

2011, Paperback

ISBN-13:

9780500289556

Breaking the Maya Code

2000, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780500277218

Breaking the Maya Code

2000, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780140295467

Breaking the Maya Code

1999, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780500281338

Breaking the Maya Code

1994, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780140234817

Breaking the Maya Code

1992, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780500050613

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sturtlaghari

Feb 7, 2010

First-rate book!

Prof. Coe, himself a pre-eminent Mayanist and epigrapher, adeptly blends the history of this intriguing decipherment, still only two-thirds accomplished, with revelation of the pertinent idiosyncracies of those who have figured prominently in the cumulative study and reading of the Maya glyphic (logosyllabic) writings. Authoritative, informative, lively, fascinating -- there is no book in my personal library that I value more highly.

Sarattus

Jul 9, 2009

Maya mystery

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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