The key to the study of the language and history of the Classic Maya (A.D. 293–900) is the verb. Maya Glyphs: The Verbs is a comprehensive study of the verb morphology and syntax of the Maya writing system.Linda Schele's summary of methodology makes available in a single place many important discoveries and approaches to the Maya language. Hers is the first sourcebook to include so broad a range of dates and to identify for the first time so many Maya rulers and events.The admirably lucid text provides an excellent introduction to Maya hieroglyphics for the beginner, and, for the experienced Mayanist, it offers a fascinating explanation of methodology, including paraphrasing, and important information about syntactical structures, special verbal constructions, and literary conventions.Schele's extensive catalog of known verbal phrases is useful for a variety of purposes. Because it is organized according to verbal affix patterns, it provides the only available source for the distribution of such patterns in the writing system. At the same time it registers the date of each event, its agent and patient (if recorded), the dedication date of the monument on which the glyphs occur, and a pictorial illustration, rather than a T-number transcription, of each example. Extensive notes treating problems of dating, interpretation, and dynastic information contain theories about the meaning and function of the events recorded in the Maya inscriptions.

Maya Glyphs: The Verbs

Reference

Schele, Linda

Foreign Language Study & Reference

University of Texas Press

xii + 427 pp., with 55 figs., 4to.

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Univ of Texas Pr

The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs

A journey to the seven most prominent Mayan ruins is accompanied by an explanation of Maya history and culture

The CODE OF KINGS: THE LANGUAGE OF SEVEN SACRED MAYA TEMPLES AND TOMBS

Everton, Macduff

Scribner

This unique and extraordinary guide to seven major sites of Maya civilization highlights the pioneering work of two great scholars of ancient America. For readers at every level -- from the casual tourist to the serious student -- The Code of Kings relies on Linda Schele and Peter Mathews's revolutionary work in the decipherment of the hieroglyphs that cover the surfaces of Maya ruins to give us a far clearer picture of Maya culture than we have ever had. Richly illustrated with line art and the incomparable photography of Justin Kerr and Macduff Everton, The Code of Kings is a landmark contribution to our understanding of the Maya and a phenomenal guided tour of seven of the most awesome and magical spots on Earth.

History

Mathews, Peter

Americas

A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya

Based on newly deciphered hieroglyphics, this account of the Maya civilization of the pre-European era examines the crucial role of monarchy

Freidel, David

William Morrow & Co.

Draws upon translations of sacred texts and histories to examine Maya mythology and religion and unravel the question of how they have managed to preserve their sacred beliefs into modern times. The creation myth is explored as the basis for government, the symbolism of political power, a description of the daily lives of the common people, instruction for the afterlife, and as the lesson at the heart of the famous Maya ballgame. Includes 16 pages of color photos, and many black and white illustrations. Freidel is an anthropologist who has collaborated for this book with art professor Linda Schele and writer Joy Parker. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path

Freidel, David A.

Parker, Joy

The recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. In this book, two of the first central figures in the massive effort to decode the glyphs, Linda Schele and David Freidel, make this history available in all its detail. A Forest of Kings is the story of Maya kingship, from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders two thousand years ago to the decline of Maya civilization and its destruction by the Spanish. Here the great historic rulers of pre-Columbian civilization come to life again with the decipherment of their writing. At its height, Maya civilization flourished under great kings like Shield-Jaguar, who ruled for more than sixty years, expanding his kingdom and building some of the most impressive works of architecture in the ancient world. Long placed on a mist-shrouded pedestal as austere, peaceful stargazers, the Maya elites are now known to have been the rulers of populous, aggressive city-states. 
Hailed as "a Rosetta stone of Maya civilization" (Brian M. Fagan, author of People of the Earth), A Forest of Kings is "a must for interested readers," says Evon Vogt, professor of anthropology at Harvard University.

William Morrow Paperbacks

"[A] work as remarkable for its text as for the photographs and drawings that illustrate it."―Octavio Paz, The New York Review of Books A comprehensive guide to the Maya which reveals kingship rites, ritual warfare, with a vast array of color plates and drawings. 122 color plates, 300 drawings and 50 black-and-white illustrations

The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art

Miller, Mary Ellen

George Braziller, Inc.

Color frontis. + xiii with 1 fig. & 908 illus., 4to.

The Bodega of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection

Utilizing recent scientific advances and superb photography, this book reveals the hidden Maya in a wholly different light: knowledge unavailable even a few years ago.

Hidden Faces of the Maya

Pérez, Jorge

PIÑA CHÁN, ROMÁN

Perez De Lara, Jorge

Alti Pub

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Maya Glyphs: The Verbs

Maya Glyphs: The Verbs

The CODE OF KINGS: THE LANGUAGE OF SEVEN SACRED MAYA TEMPLES AND TOMBS

The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs

A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya

Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path

A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya

The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art

The Bodega of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Hidden Faces of the Maya