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A complex hieroglyphic form of writing was also found on the great
Mayan pyramids and buildings of Central America. Their decipherment
has only recently begun in the past 30 years.
- Mayan Hieroglyphics: see [Schele and Mathews, 1998,Coe, 1992].
- Rabbit in the Moon
- References on Mayan Writing
- Breaking the Maya Code, Michael D. Coe, Thames and Hudson, New
York, 1992.
- A triumph of spirit, Archaeology, Sept/Oct 1991.
- A most happy Mayanist, Archaeology, Sept/Oct 1991.
- Ancestral Voices, The Codebreakers, Chapter 25, David Kahn.
- The Mayan Epigraphic Database Project
- Mystery of the
Maya
David J. Wright
2001-10-14