By Victoria Reifler Bricker
This quantity is designed to acknowledge the real function that epigraphy has come to play in heart American scholarship and to rfile major achievements in 3 components: dynastic historical past, phonetic decipherment, and calendrics. The booklet covers 4 of the foremost pre-Columbian scripts within the area (Zapotec, Mixtec, Aztec, and Maya) and person who is comparatively unknown (Tlapanec).
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