Author: GATES, WILLIAM
Title: AN OUTLINE DICTIONARY OF MAYA GLYPHS - With a concordance and analysis of their ralationships.
Description: New York, Dover Publications, 1978. 1st edition. Paperback, 21cmx14cm, Good condition /Cover in color, Cover design: Edmund V. Gillon. With the author's 'Glyph Studies' reprinted from the Maya Society Quarterly (1932).This Dover edition, is an unabridged republication of the work published by the John Hopkins Press (Baltimore), in 1931. Introduction. This work covers about 3000 symbols. Contents: 1). Day signs. 2). Month signs. 3). Calendric signs. 4). The cardinal points: historical review. 5). Numerals. 6). Colors. 7). Face signs. 8). Quasi-facial forms. 8). Animal figures. 9). Conventional forms: pictographic objects. 10). Eclipse and constellation band. 11). Minor elements. 12). Reference kay tables. 13). 'Glymph Studies'. 6 full-page plates, 2 in color on the inside covers. With notes. The Maya people constitute a diverse range of Native Americans in southern Mexico and northern Central America. The overarching term 'Maya' is a collective designation to include the peoples of the region who share some degree of cultural and linguistic heritage; however, the term embraces many distinct populations, societies, and ethnic groups, who each have their own particular traditions, cultures, and historical identity. XII + 204 pag.

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