{"product_id":"supplement-to-the-handbook-of-middle-american-indians-volume-5-epigraphy-paperback-softback-9780292744455","title":"Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5; Epigraphy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292744455","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSupplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEpigraphy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVictoria Reifler Bricker (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292744455\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e203 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1981, under the editorship of Victoria Bricker, UT Press began to issue supplemental volumes to the classic sixteen-volume work \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Middle American Indians\u003c\/i\u003e. These supplements are intended to update scholarship in various areas and to cover topics of current interest that may not have been included in the original \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is designed to recognize the important role that epigraphy has come to play in Middle American scholarship and to document significant achievements in three areas: dynastic history, phonetic decipherment, and calendrics. The book covers four of the major pre-Columbian scripts in the region (Zapotec, Mixtec, Aztec, and Maya) and one that is relatively unknown (Tlapanec).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Introduction (Victoria R. Bricker)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Zapotec Writing System (Gordon Whittaker)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Mixtec Pictography: Conventions and Contents (Maarten Jansen)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Annals of the Tlapanecs (Constanza Vega Sosa)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Aztec Writing (Hanns J. Prem)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Noun and Verb Morphology in the Maya Script (Victoria R. Bricker)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. A New Look at the Dynastic History of Palenque (Linda Schele)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Classic Maya History and Politics at Dos Pilas, Guatemala (Stephen D. Houston)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. The Copan Dynasty (Berthold Riese)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The Middle American Calendar Round (Munro S. Edmonson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530866389272,"sku":"9780292744455","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/supplement-to-the-handbook-of-middle-american-indians-volume-5-epigraphy-paperback-softback-9780292744455","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}