Breaking the Maya Code by Michael D Coe

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Breaking the Maya Code by Michael D Coe

The third edition of this classic book takes up the thorny question of when and where the Maya script first appeared in the archaeological record, and describes efforts to decipher its meaning on the extremely early murals of San Bartolo. It includes iconographic and epigraphic investigations into how the Classic Maya perceived and recorded the human senses, a previously unknown realm of ancient Maya thought and perception There is now compelling documentary and historical evidence bearing on the question of why and how the breaking of the Maya code was the achievement of Yuri V. Knorosov--a Soviet citizen totally isolated behind the Iron Curtain--and not of the leading Maya scholar of his day, Sir Eric Thompson. What does it take to make such a breakthrough, with a script of such complexity as the Maya? We now have some answers, as Michael Coe demonstrates here.

Michael D. (Michael D.) Coe is a Yale University Anthropology Professor Emeritus. The Maya, MÃ©xico, Cracking the Maya Code, Angkor and the Khmer Civilization, and Understanding the Maya Glyphs are among his works. He is a resident of New Haven, Connecticut.

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ISBN 13	9780500281338
ISBN 10	0500281335
Title	Breaking the Maya Code
Author	Michael D Coe
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Year published	1999-01-01
Number of pages	304
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