Description
This comprehensive guide to deciphering Maya hieroglyphs contains a complete outline of the writing, presenting individual signs and their meanings, the script's grammatical structure and content, and explanations of the sophisticated Maya calendrical and mathematical systems.
About the Author
John Montgomery is an illustrator, epigrapher, writer, and PhD candidate in the field of Pre-Columbian Art at the University of New Mexico. He also teaches art history at the South-western Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque. A long and varied experience in Central America first inspired his interest in the ancient Maya. His glyphic illustrations based on a lifetime of involvement with Maya glyph decipherment. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Book Information
ISBN 9780781810203
Author John Montgomery
Format Paperback
Page Count 378
Imprint Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
Publisher Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
Weight(grams) 506g
About the Author
John Montgomery is an illustrator, epigrapher, writer, and PhD candidate in the field of Pre-Columbian Art at the University of New Mexico. He also teaches art history at the South-western Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque. A long and varied experience in Central America first inspired his interest in the ancient Maya. His glyphic illustrations based on a lifetime of involvement with Maya glyph decipherment. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Book Information
ISBN 9780781810203
Author John Montgomery
Format Paperback
Page Count 378
Imprint Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
Publisher Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
Weight(grams) 506g
