Breaking the Maya Code
Michael D. Coe
#1810 of 3,809 books · #663 in History
Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1992).
This is the story of how the Mayan glyphs found in the ancient ruins of Copan and other Mayan sites have been deciphered within the last 20 years. Michael Coe worked with all the leading players in this field. Although the Mayan cities were discovered a century and a half ago, the field of Mayan scholarship was dominated by scholars who had a dogmatic approach to the decipherment.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- ISBN-13
- 9780140234817
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Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1992)
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