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- catalog abstract ""This handbook unlocks the secrets of the symbolic written characters of the ancient Maya of Mexico, providing a vivid portrait of their gods, people, and everyday life." "Maya Script presents about 200 Maya glyphs, or symbolic figures, taken from carved stone reliefs, ceremonial artifacts, and rare Maya codices. Some are ideograms (pictorial symbols representing things, not words); others are phonetic signs. The glyphs express kings, queens, heroes, animals, customs such as their remarkable burial system, and abstract concepts. Each one opens a window on fragments of everyday life, gods and ceremonies, even emotions. Some give us portraits of the great leaders who played important roles in the rise of this extraordinary culture. The complexity of their incredible calendar and astronomical calculations reveals a highly developed civilization."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11844374.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This handbook unlocks the secrets of the symbolic written characters of the ancient Maya of Mexico, providing a vivid portrait of their gods, people, and everyday life." "Maya Script presents about 200 Maya glyphs, or symbolic figures, taken from carved stone reliefs, ceremonial artifacts, and rare Maya codices. Some are ideograms (pictorial symbols representing things, not words); others are phonetic signs. The glyphs express kings, queens, heroes, animals, customs such as their remarkable burial system, and abstract concepts. Each one opens a window on fragments of everyday life, gods and ceremonies, even emotions. Some give us portraits of the great leaders who played important roles in the rise of this extraordinary culture. The complexity of their incredible calendar and astronomical calculations reveals a highly developed civilization."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Laura Laurencich Minelli -- In Search of a People -- Life at court -- Symbols -- Religion -- The calendar -- Astronomy -- Life and thought -- Writing systems of the new world.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 176) and index.".
- catalog extent "180 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Maya script.".
- catalog identifier "0789206536".
- catalog isFormatOf "Maya script.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng myn".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Abbeville Press,".
- catalog relation "Maya script.".
- catalog subject "972.81/016 21".
- catalog subject "F1435.3.W75 L65 2000".
- catalog subject "Inscriptions, Mayan.".
- catalog subject "Mayan languages Writing.".
- catalog subject "Mayas Social life and customs.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Laura Laurencich Minelli -- In Search of a People -- Life at court -- Symbols -- Religion -- The calendar -- Astronomy -- Life and thought -- Writing systems of the new world.".
- catalog title "Maya script : a civilization and its writing / María Longhena ; translated from the Italian by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia.".
- catalog type "text".