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This volume is designed to recognize the important role that epigraphy has come to play in Middle American scholarship and to document significant achievements in three areas: dynastic history, phonetic decipherment, and calendrics.

Table of Contents
  • 1. Introduction (Victoria R. Bricker)
  • 2. The Zapotec Writing System (Gordon Whittaker)
  • 3. Mixtec Pictography: Conventions and Contents (Maarten Jansen)
  • 4. The Annals of the Tlapanecs (Constanza Vega Sosa)
  • 5. Aztec Writing (Hanns J. Prem)
  • 6. Noun and Verb Morphology in the Maya Script (Victoria R. Bricker)
  • 7. A New Look at the Dynastic History of Palenque (Linda Schele)
  • 8. Classic Maya History and Politics at Dos Pilas, Guatemala (Stephen D. Houston)
  • 9. The Copan Dynasty (Berthold Riese)
  • 10. The Middle American Calendar Round (Munro S. Edmonson)
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/09/2013
      ISBN13: 9780292744455, 978-0292744455
      ISBN10: 0292744455
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume is designed to recognize the important role that epigraphy has come to play in Middle American scholarship and to document significant achievements in three areas: dynastic history, phonetic decipherment, and calendrics.

      Table of Contents
      • 1. Introduction (Victoria R. Bricker)
      • 2. The Zapotec Writing System (Gordon Whittaker)
      • 3. Mixtec Pictography: Conventions and Contents (Maarten Jansen)
      • 4. The Annals of the Tlapanecs (Constanza Vega Sosa)
      • 5. Aztec Writing (Hanns J. Prem)
      • 6. Noun and Verb Morphology in the Maya Script (Victoria R. Bricker)
      • 7. A New Look at the Dynastic History of Palenque (Linda Schele)
      • 8. Classic Maya History and Politics at Dos Pilas, Guatemala (Stephen D. Houston)
      • 9. The Copan Dynasty (Berthold Riese)
      • 10. The Middle American Calendar Round (Munro S. Edmonson)
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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