DECIPHERMENT OF THE HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
by Campbell, John
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The Canadian Institute Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1899, 4to, pp101-244, illustrations, map, index. Removed from TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. VOLUME VI. SEMI-CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL VOLUME 1849-1899. VG in report covers. A very extensive article which includes the following chapters: Palenque and its Ruins; The Tablet of the Cross; Maya-Quiche Documents and the Material for Their Decipherment; The New System of Reading the Hieroglyphics - The Groups on the Left; The New System of Reading the Hieroglyphics - The Groups on the Right; The New System of Reading the Hieroglyphics - The Detached Central Groups; The Text and Translation of the Tablet; Another Record of the Cachiquel Kings - The Altar at Copan; The Inscriptions in the Light of Other Historical Documents - The Histories of the Quiche and the Cachiquels; The Inscriptions in the Light of Other Historical Documents - The Histories of the Oaxacans, Mayas, etc.; An Analysis of the History of the Inscriptions in the Light of Written Documents; The Inscriptions from Chichen-Itza - That of the Chichanchob; The Inscriptions from Chichen-Itza - That of the Akatzeeb; The Text and Translation of the Chichen-Itza Inscriptions; The History Recorded in the Chichen-Itza Documents; The Affiliation of the Maya-Quiche Languages and Tribes; Facts Connected with the Affiliation. Also includes a Table of the most Commonly Recurring Symbols and a Comparative Vocabulary of Maya and Malay-Polynesian Words..
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- Title
- DECIPHERMENT OF THE HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
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- Campbell, John
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- Paperback
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- Used - Very Good
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- The Canadian Institute
- Keywords
- HIEROGLYPHICS ANTHROPOLOGY
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