Breaking the Maya Code
Michael D. Coe
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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN-13
- 9780140234817
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Maya civilizationDecipherment of hieroglyphsArchaeology
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1992)
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