Maya Script: A Civilization and Its Writing

By Maria Longhena

Book Overview

This volume presents about 200 Maya glyphs (symbolic figures). Some are ideograms (pictorial symbols representing things, not words); others are phonetic signs. The glyphs express people, animals,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789208822
• ISBN13: 9780789208828
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Some errors, but the pictures are fantastic.

As noted in other reviews, there are some errors in this book, but the pictures are fantastic. I looked through most of the Mayan script books in my university library to find nice large images for use as a reference for paintings, and this book was the best I found pictures-wise. I had it checked out consistently during my time at school.

A fascinating linguistic tour

Maria Longherna's Maya Script reviews the symbolic written characters of the ancient Maya of Mexico, providing a history of the script and about 200 glyphs and symbols taken from Maya artifacts. A fascinating linguistic tour.