Volume 9 (Paperback)

Ian Graham

ISBN 10: 087365773X / ISBN 13: 9780873657730

Published by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S., 2006

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Paperback. The goal of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions is to document in photographs and detailed line drawings all known Maya inscriptions and their associated figurative art. When complete, the Corpus will have published the inscriptions from over 200 sites and 2,000 monuments. The series has been instrumental in the remarkable success of the ongoing process of deciphering Maya writing, making available hundreds of texts to epigraphers working around the world.This is the fourth of five anticipated volumes on the Classic Maya monuments of Tonina, which lies east of the town of Ocosingo in Chiapas, Mexico. The volume describes and illustrates 36 sequentially-numbered sculptures, representing most of the remaining unpublished and largely intact sculptures at the site. This unique series seeks to document all known Maya inscriptions and their associated figurative art. The fourth of 5 anticipated volumes on the monuments of Tonina, located east of Ocosingo in Chiapas, Mexico, this volume describes and illustrates 36 sculpturesmost of the sites remaining unpublished and largely intact sculptures. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Volume 9 (Paperback)
• Publisher: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 087365773X
• ISBN 13: 9780873657730
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The goal of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions is to document in photographs and detailed line drawings all known Maya inscriptions and their associated figurative art. When complete, the Corpus will have published the inscriptions from over 200 sites and 2,000 monuments. The series has been instrumental in the remarkable success of the ongoing process of deciphering Maya writing, making available hundreds of texts to epigraphers working around the world.

This is the fourth of five anticipated volumes on the Classic Maya monuments of Tonina, which lies east of the town of Ocosingo in Chiapas, Mexico. The volume describes and illustrates 36 sequentially-numbered sculptures, representing most of the remaining unpublished and largely intact sculptures at the site.

About the Author

Ian Graham was Founding Director of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Program at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.