Links & Books
Links
Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions
www.peabody.harvard.edu/CMHI/index.php
This project, run by Harvard's Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, has a lofty goal: record and
disseminate information about all known ancient Maya
inscriptions and their associative art. On this well-designed
site, examine stelae and other artifacts from 16 Maya sites in
detail, with help from commentary, photos, line drawings, and
site maps.
Mesoweb
www.mesoweb.com
This extensive Web site offers dozens of downloadable
articles, academic papers, translations, and other useful
resources for studying the ancient cultures of Mexico and
Central America.
Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
www.famsi.org/mayawriting
The Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican
Studies provides this Web resource for deciphering Maya
hieroglyphs. Browse online Maya dictionaries, download PDF
files of famous Maya codices, and more.
The Mesoamerica Center
www.utmesoamerica.org/research.php
On this Web site from the University of Texas, Austin,
read research papers on ancient Maya writing, browse field
reports from archeological sites, and participate in a
discussion board on the art and culture of Mesoamerica.
Maya Decipherment
decipherment.wordpress.com
Read in-depth discussions of Maya hieroglyphic
decipherment on this blog hosted by Mesoamerican scholar David
Stuart.
Yucatec Maya Language
www.native-languages.org/maya.htm
Find a Yucatec Maya vocabulary list, pronunciation
guide, and more on this Web site devoted to the study of that
language.
Breaking the Maya Code
www.nightfirefilms.org/breakingthemayacode/
David Lebrun, producer of NOVA's "Cracking the Maya
Code," made a two-hour version of the film with the title
above. On his company's Web site, you can learn more about the
story of the decipherment and the film's production, watch
animations on the workings of the Maya script, and explore
resources including an archive of more than 20 interview
transcripts.
Books
Breaking the Maya Code
by Michael D. Coe. Thames & Hudson, 1999.
NOVA's "Cracking the Maya Code" was based on this book.
Reading the Maya Glyphs
by Michael D. Coe and Mark Van Stone. Thames & Hudson,
2005.
Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs
by John Montgomery. Hippocrene Books, 2002.
Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World
by Lynn V. Foster. Oxford University Press, 2005.
The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque
by David Stuart. Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, 2005.
Articles
"Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs"
by Harri Kettunen and Christophe Helmke. Workshop Handbook,
10th European Maya Conference, 2005.
www.mesoweb.com/resources/handbook/WH2005.pdf
