NOTE: Pages 1-14 (up to "Distributional Criteria) are required reading, pages 14-37 are optional Marc Zender, “Theory and Method in Maya Decipherment" In that book, Coe describes the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing as "one of the most exciting intellectual adventures of our age"-an achievement that Coe puts on equal footing with the exploration of space and the discovery of the genetic code.Ģ. Nightfire Films, Breaking the Maya Codeīreaking the Maya Code is largely based on a book of the same name by Michael D. In particular, note how serendipitous moments, sustained engagment and debate, and ongoing challenges are involved in reading Maya writing. As you review this week's varied materials, bear in mind the key questions outlined above. This week, we will focus on the history, process, and future of Maya decipherment, alone and by comparison to another ancient script: Anatolian hieroglyphs. The decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing has been a common undercurrent in several of our previous discussions: the need to revise late 19th and early 20th centuries once Classic Maya history could be read, the key breakthrough made by Tatiana Proskouriakoff in recognizing personal life events in the monuments of Piedras Negras, and the role hieroglyphic writing plays in contemporary language revitalization efforts, like the stela at Iximche'.
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