| Volume 3 Contributor(s): Graham, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873657896 ISBN-13: 9780873657891 Publisher: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1979 Annotation: For more than 25 years the Peabody Museum has been publishing "The Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions" under the editorial and artistic direction of Mayanist Ian Graham. The goal of this unique series of folio volumes is to document in photographs and detailed line drawings all known Maya inscriptions and their associated figurative art. When complete, the "Corpus" will have published the inscriptions from over 200 sites and 2,000 monuments. The series has been instrumental in the remarkable success of the ongoing process of deciphering Maya writing, making available hundreds of texts to epigraphers working around the world. Each volume in the series consists of three fascicles, which examine an individual site or group of neighboring sites and include maps of site location and plans indicating the placement monuments within each site. Each inscription is reproduced in its entirety in both photographs and line drawings. The text of each volume presents descriptive information about the sites and monuments and their associated artifacts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Foreign Language Study | Native American Languages - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
| LCCN: 75019760 |
| Series: Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 11.8" W x 14.7" (1.25 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The goal of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions is to document in photographs and detailed line drawings all known Maya inscriptions and their associated figurative art. When complete, the Corpus will have published the inscriptions from over 200 sites and 2,000 monuments. The series has been instrumental in the remarkable success of the ongoing process of deciphering Maya writing, making available hundreds of texts to epigraphers working around the world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Graham, Ian: - Ian Graham was the founding Director of the Maya Corpus Program at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. |