Through seeing stones: Maya epigraphy as a mature discipline

• Autores: Stephen D. Houston, Simon Martin
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 90, Nº 350, 2016, págs. 443-455
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Maya script�the most elaborate and extensive system of native writing in the New World�was in active use across the Yucatán Peninsula from 300 BC�AD 1700. Maya epigraphy began in the late nineteenth century, developing through the efforts of key figures, often with oblique approaches from other disciplines. Today, the research landscape is increasingly virtual; new discoveries have been combined with greater precision in translation, providing unique access to the complex interactions of Maya society, where the elite shared a language across political boundaries that was incomprehensible to most of their subjects.