When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new study claims that Altar Q, made by the Maya in the eighth century A.D., may convey a deeper ...
Anthropologist Stephen D. Houston has been tapped as the lecturer of the 72nd edition of the A.W. Mellon lecture series. Stephen D. Houston of Brown University will deliver the 72nd A. W. Mellon ...
The linguistic epigraphy of Maya Writing: recent advances and questions for future research / Søren Wichmann -- Chontal linguistic influence in ancient Maya writing: intransitive positional verbal ...
A glyph representing a day called “7 Deer” on mural fragments dating from the third century BC found inside the ruins of a pyramid in Guatemala marks the earliest-known use of the Maya calendar, one ...
"Challenging the distinctions between "old" and "new" media and narratives about the deprecation of orality in favor of inscribed forms, The Maya Art of Speaking Writing draws from Maya concepts of tz ...
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Anthropologist claims hand positions on 1,300-year-old Maya altar have a deeper meaning
The Maya used "sign language" on an altar around 1,300 years ago, and these signs may represent important dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims. "This is the oldest text where, to ...
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