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100 1 _aBrinton, Daniel G.
_q(Daniel Garrison),
_d1837-1899
245 1 4 _aThe Ancient Phonetic Alphabet of Yucatan
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2011-12-20
508 _aProduced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The Ancient Phonetic Alphabet of Yucatan" by Daniel G. Brinton, M.D., is a scholarly work published in the late 19th century. This scientific publication delves into the phonetic writing system of the ancient Maya civilization, revealing the complexities and methodologies employed in their written language. The author aims to shed light on an aspect of American archaeology that was relatively unknown at the time, promising to enhance our understanding of the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica. In the book, Brinton surveys the findings of Diego de Landa, a 16th-century Spanish bishop who documented the phonetic alphabet used by the Maya. He discusses the characters and symbols that were used to convey meaning and how they relate to both the natural world and the grammatical structure of the Maya language. The work emphasizes the distinction between pictorial writing and true phonetics, exploring the obstacles in interpreting ancient inscriptions and manuscripts due to the limited existing materials and the complexities of the language. Through this overview, Brinton makes a case for the rich intellectual tradition of the Maya and encourages further scholarly investigation into the deciphering of their ancient texts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMayan languages -- Writing
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38352
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