This paper summarizes several orthographic conventions pertaining to the usage of phonetic signs in Maya writing. These conventions have been recognized during the last twentyfive years and have been ...

Among the many mysteries surrounding the ancient Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan, one has been especially hard to crack: how did its residents use the many signs and symbols found on its murals and ...

The Classic Maya living in Southern Mesoamerica during the first millennium A. D. used a hieroglyphic writing system that included four directional glyphs. Scholars have differed with regard to the ...

Poking through some of the innermost rubble of an ancient pyramid known as Las Pinturas in San Bartolo, Guatemala, graduate student Boris Beltr¿n uncovered a boulder-size chunk of plaster. Mayan ...