... by the colonial administration. The census lists over 10,000 individuals, each one identified by his personal name glyph and a glossed Nahuatl name. For most localities the individuals are Usted as commoners (indios) or nobles (principales) . The commoners are classified as to residence, marital status, civil...

... of a Pattern of Dates at Piedras Negras,” published in 1960, demonstrated conclusively that the dates referred to actual historical events in the lives of the rulers pictured on the stelae. She was able to identify glyphs referring to the birth, accession to the throne, marriage, and death of the ruler...

... of interest and many new ideas in all of his chapters. Some readers will be disappointed in the absence of attention to a few special areas, as Uniformity, but they will find much new in the discussion of astronomy and basic glyph etymology, particularly in the study of glyphs derived from animals and plants...

....” When analyzing the many Aztec glyphs included in the book, which become more complex as the chapters progress, he explains each aspect of the linguistic and epigraphic categories involved, however complicated they may be. The comprehensive explanations, written in a humorous rather than an intimidating...

.... Frances Berdan interestingly treats the tribute roll and glyphs, while H. B. Nicholson offers a detailed history of the manuscript itself. Wayne Ruwet studies the physical aspects of the manuscript, and Kathleen Stewart Hall analyzes the influence of European and indigenous styles. One of the most...

...Charles Gibson A Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs . By Eric J. Thompson S. . Norman , 1962 . University of Oklahoma Press . Illustrations. Plates . Pp. 458 . $20.00 . Copyright 1962 by Duke University Press 1962 The difference between Thompson’s catalogue of Maya glyphs...

... regarding its state of preservation, style, method of work, verification, and meaning. The thematic contents of Lienzos I, II, and III are carefully examined and the elements are painstakingly separated, thus producing glyphs of personal names, and glyphs representing religion (temples), economics (houses...

... be put on a single page. A standardized drawing of the local place glyph and even the name glyphs of local rulers could be abstracted rather easily with what we now know of the glyphs. This would greatly facilitate use of the Corpus by others than epigraphers. Most of the drawings and photographs...

...Hasso von Winning Thanks to Eric Thompson’s contributions, the glyphs are deciphered and the contents of Codex Dresden are now known. The Commentary completes the trilogy, an enduring edifice that enshrines the keys to the secrets of Maya intellectual achievements. In short, the Codex...

... ownership and whether censused individuals were living or dead. A typical census page profiled five households, each with a horizontal line of information. Each line begins at the left side of the page with the family name in glyph, then shows a house glyph facing right, in either Nahua or Otomí...

... of the late, centralized and militarized “Empire” provide vivid, contrasting pictures of Maya civilization at its height and in decadence. Although “Maya glyphic research is now at an uncertain and frustrating stage …” (p. 195), there has nevertheless been progress, so that glyphs may now be not only...

... on, of the Classic Maya. The Sixth Round Table comprises 34 very different contributions. Some are concerned with the texts and histories of particular sites, such as Palenque and Copan; others focus on themes in art and ritual, individual glyphs and their interpretation, and the Dresden Codex. The Palenque...

...John F. Schwaller Stresser-Péan makes a very thorough analysis of the codex, drawing from many contemporary sources and checking against recent research. A valuable feature is his detailed description of the various glyphs and glosses, along with his analysis of technical aspects of the work...

..., May 1996). I will address several specific details below. Ramírez states that Sacerdotes y comerciantes does not take into account the advances in the decipherment of the Maya glyphs made in the last two or three decades. With respect to this, although the takeoff in the decipherment...

... they have found their way into museums scattered all over the world, but because, put on paper during a transitional epoch in Mesoamerican writing traditions, they generally contain both glyphic-pictorial material and passages of Nahuatl in Roman characters. Few are the scholars expert in either glyphs...

... to which its native authors devoted the most space: a pictorial history of the Mexica. This history is structured as a precontact-style continuous year-count annals, or xiuhpohualli , in which each year is represented as a year glyph contained within a cartouche and historical events and information...

...) finds that tobacco is associated with the glyph may (deer), which thus reinforces tobacco's ties to hunting practices. Vessels to store and gift tobacco were highly prized and labeled with the glyph ’otoot (home), another indication of the reverence bestowed on this plant. We can see this reverence...

... translated as “wind”) painted on these vessels — was one of the most sought-after styles on the black market. Part of an emblem glyph (a royal moniker linked to a specific polity), the ik’ glyph probably referred to an archaeological site called Motul de San José (MSJ), which is located on the north side...

... Spain, and in a series of case studies provided detailed analysis of the manner in which glyphs and other native representational symbols found their way into what were ostensibly Spanish maps. Duccio Sacchi adopts a similar approach, and indeed his book should be read in conjunction with Mundy’s...

... with place-glyphs, geographical features, and individual Spaniards, Nahuas, and Mayas engaged in various activities centered on migration, battle, and settlement. There is no written text; alphabetic glosses added beneath place-glyphs have become illegible. Consequently, it was long assumed that the map...