Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5 : : Epigraphy / / ed. by Victoria Reifler Bricker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Bricker, Victoria R.,; Edmonson, Munro S.,; Houston, Stephen D.,; Jansen, Maarten,; Prem, Hanns J.,; Riese, Berthold,; Scheie, Linda,; Vega Sosa, Constanza,; Whittaker, Gordon,
• HerausgeberIn: Bricker, Victoria Reifler,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (203 p.)

In 1981, under the editorship of Victoria Bricker, UT Press began to issue supplemental volumes to the classic sixteen-volume work Handbook of Middle American Indians. 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 Handbook. This 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).

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Zapotec Writing System -- 3. Mixtec Pictography: Conventions and Contents -- 4. The Annals of the Tlapanecs -- 5. Aztec Writing -- 6. Noun and Verb Morphology in the Maya Script -- 7. A New Look at the Dynastic History of Palenque -- 8. Classic Maya History and Politics at Dos Pilas, Guatemala -- 9. The Copan Dynasty -- 10. The Middle American Calendar Round -- Bibliography -- Index