Project Gutenberg 2013-08-17 Public domain in the USA. 482 Morley, Sylvanus Griswold 1883 1948 Morley, Silvanus G. (Sylvanus Griswold) Morley, S. G. (Sylvanus Griswold) 15026692 An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs Produced by Julia Miller, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs" by Sylvanus Griswold Morley is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a primer for readers interested in understanding the complex hieroglyphic writing system of the Maya civilization, focusing on the intricacies of their glyphs, calendars, and numeration. It is intended for both scholars and amateurs keen on Central American archaeology, making accessible a dense subject that has historically been challenging for those without specialized knowledge. At the start of the book, Morley discusses the significance of the Maya hieroglyphs, highlighting their status as one of the foremost intellectual achievements of pre-Columbian America. He gives historical context to the study of Maya writing, describing the early efforts by researchers to decipher these glyphs, particularly emphasizing the contributions of scholars like Ernst Förstemann and J. T. Goodman. The opening outlines the complex nature of Maya writing, which is predominantly ideographic, as well as phonetic, and details how the earliest inscriptions date back to the early centuries of the Common Era. Morley establishes a foundation for understanding the topic that will progress into more technical discussions in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43491/43491-h/images/titlepage.jpg en Mayas -- Antiquities Mayan languages -- Writing Maya calendar Maya language E011 F1401 Text Browsing: Archaeology Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 1261244 1261253 2024-09-18T09:18:43.738890 2023-09-19T05:23:17.902118 text/html text/html 1202417 2013-08-17T10:31:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 27751040 2013-08-17T10:37:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 28645494 2024-09-18T09:19:21.118728 application/epub+zip 28620679 2024-09-18T09:18:49.312912 application/epub+zip 415259 2024-09-18T09:18:45.838904 application/epub+zip 28612022 2024-09-18T09:19:41.065095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 28469716 2024-09-18T09:19:14.170790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 718399 2022-09-19T19:50:14.542202 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 848391 848293 2024-09-18T09:18:38.498969 2023-09-19T05:23:12.214073 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 847858 2013-08-17T10:32:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 259746 2013-08-17T10:37:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 847889 2013-08-17T10:37:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 259611 2013-08-17T10:37:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21516 2024-09-18T09:19:41.421093 application/rdf+xml 16678 2024-09-18T09:18:46.197873 image/jpeg 2429 2024-09-18T09:18:46.017883 image/jpeg 28319593 2024-09-18T09:18:44.321923 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia