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  2. Mesoamerican writing systems - Wikipedia

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    The first major work of Mayan literature known to be originally written in Latin script are the Annals of the Cakchiquels (since 1571). [22] Since the mid 1990s, Maya intellectuals attended workshops organized by Linda Schele to learn about Maya writing, [24] and with digital technologies, Maya writing may indeed face a resurrection. [22]

  3. Maya script - Wikipedia

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    Although the Maya did not actually write alphabetically, nevertheless he recorded a glossary of Maya sounds and related symbols, which was long dismissed as nonsense (for instance, by leading Mayanist J. E. S. Thompson in his 1950 book Maya Hieroglyphic Writing) [21] but eventually became a key resource in deciphering the Maya script.

  4. Maya civilization - Wikipedia

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    The Maya priesthood was a closed group, drawing its members from the established elite; by the Early Classic they were recording increasingly complex ritual information in their hieroglyphic books, including astronomical observations, calendrical cycles, history and mythology.

  5. Mesoamerican literature - Wikipedia

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    A monumental inscription in Maya hieroglyphics from the site of Naranjo, relating to the reign of king Itzamnaaj K'awil. The monumental inscriptions were often historical records of the citystates: Famous examples include: Hieroglyphic Stair of Copan recording the history of Copan with 7000 glyphs on its 62 steps.

  6. Archaeologists Found a Mysterious Ancient Stone That Could ...

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    A stone slab covered with 123 hieroglyphic cartouches discovered at an ancient Maya pyramid in Mexico might not be a treasure map to a lost city, but it comes incredibly close.. The discovery ...

  7. Aztec script - Wikipedia

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    The Aztec or Nahuatl script is a pre-Columbian writing system that combines ideographic writing with Nahuatl specific phonetic logograms and syllabic signs [1] ...

  8. Mesoamerican Codices - Wikipedia

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    During the 19th century, the word 'codex' became popular to designate any pictorial manuscript in the Mesoamerican tradition. In reality, pre-Columbian manuscripts are, strictly speaking, not codices, since the strict librarian usage of the word denotes manuscript books made of vellum, papyrus and other materials besides paper, that have been sewn on one side. [1]

  9. List of Mesoamerican pyramids - Wikipedia

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    Temple IV at the Classic Period Maya ruins of Tikal, 8th century AD, Peten Department, Guatemala. Toniná. Mexico Great Pyramid of Toniná Maya: 75 200 to 900 CE The Great Pyramid of Toniná is the tallest Maya and Mesoamerican pyramid and also the tallest Pre Columbian building in the Americas. Tzintzuntzan. Mexico 5 yácata pyramids Purépecha