Michael D. Coe, “Breaking the Maya Code”, 1993.

 

Here I present: Michael D. Coe, “Breaking the Maya Code“, 1993.

INTRODUCTION.

Michael D. Coe, “Breaking the Maya Code”, 1993 is a book of three-hundred four (304) pages, divided into eleven (11) chapters listed BELOW.

Mesoamerica is one of only five (5) regions of the world where writing is known to have independently developed (the others being ancient Egypt, India, Sumer, and China). Maya writing is deciphered from epigraphs (inscriptions into the architecture).  In contrast, the Sumerian’ writing is decipherment of clay tablets.

Chapter Number

1. The World Made Visible.
2. Lords of the Forest.
3. A Jungle Civilization Rediscovered.
4. Forefathers: The Dawn of Decipherment.
5. The Age of Thompson.
6. A New Wind from the East.
7. The Age of Proskouriakoff: The Maya Enter History.
8. Pacal’s People.
9. Down into Xibalba.
10. A New Dawn.
11. A Look Backward, A View Forward.