Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5: Epigraphy

Published by University of Texas Press 1991

Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5

Epigraphy

Edited by: Victoria Reifler Bricker

https://doi.org/10.7560/776500

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About this book

In 1981, under the editorship of Victoria Bricker, UT Press began to issue supplemental volumes to the classic sixteen-volume work Handbook of Middle American Indians. These supplements are intended to update scholarship in various areas and to cover topics of current interest that may not have been included in the original Handbook.

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. The book covers four of the major pre-Columbian scripts in the region (Zapotec, Mixtec, Aztec, and Maya) and one that is relatively unknown (Tlapanec).

Author / Editor information

Victoria Reifler Bricker is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Tulane University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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1. Introduction Victoria R. Bricker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Zapotec Writing System Gordon Whittaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
3. Mixtec Pictography: Conventions and Contents Maarten Jansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
4. The Annals of the Tlapanecs Constanza Vega Sosa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
5. Aztec Writing Hanns J. Prem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
6. Noun and Verb Morphology in the Maya Script Victoria R. Bricker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
7. A New Look at the Dynastic History of Palenque Linda Scheie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
8. Classic Maya History and Politics at Dos Pilas, Guatemala Stephen D. Houston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
9. The Copan Dynasty Berthold Riese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
10. The Middle American Calendar Round Munro S. Edmonson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 203

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Published: January 7, 2015
ISBN: 9780292753730