maya hieroglyphic writing introduction von thompson eric (5 Ergebnisse)

4°. XXII, 347pp. With 1 frontispiece and 64 plates. Orig. cloth with dw.

Zustand: Gut. XXII; 347 S.; Kt.; sowie viele Zeichnungen u. Abb. auf Tafelseiten; 29,5 cm. Gutes Ex.; Umschlag berieben u. m. kl. Läsuren; vorderes Vorsatz nachgedunkelt. - Englisch. - Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson (* 31. Dezember 1898 in London; 9. September 1975 in Cambridge) war ein britischer Anthropologe und wird als einer der Pioniere der Maya-Forschung betrachtet. Nach ihm ist die sogenannte Thompson-Korrelation benannt - eine Korrelation zwischen dem Maya-Kalender der klassischen Zeit und dem Gregorianischen Kalender. Bei der Entzifferung der Maya-Schrift galt Thompson lange Zeit als Gegenspieler von Tatiana Proskouriakoff und Juri Knorosow, die wesentliche Grundlagen zu Datierungsfragen bzw. zur Entzifferung der Maya-Schrift gelegt hatten. Da er Knorosows Forschungsergebnisse als marxistische Propaganda bezeichnete, diskreditierte Thompson Knorosows Arbeit, indem er Schwächen in dieser Arbeit nutzte, um das gesamte Werk als falsch abzutun. Dies führte dazu, dass die Entdeckungen Knorosows im Westen mehrheitlich nicht akzeptiert wurden. Nach Thompsons Tod setzten sich Knorosows Annahmen jedoch allmählich durch und bildeten die Grundlage für die weiteren Entzifferungen des Maya-Schriftsystems. Im Jahr 1959 wurde er zum Mitglied (Fellow) der British Academy gewählt. (wiki) // INHALT (Auszug) : . Principles of Maya Glyphic Writing ---- Glyph Styles. ---- Regional Glyphs. ---- Regional Methods of Fixing Dates. ---- The Burden of Time. ---- Maya Poetry. ---- Subject Matter of Hieroglyphic Texts. ---- Inscribed Texts. ---- Written Codices. ---- THE CYCLE OF 260 DAYS. ---- Glyphs for Days. ---- Day Names. ---- Meanings of Day Names. ---- Influences of Day Names. ---- Influences of Day Numbers. ---- Ritualism of Days. ---- Divinity of the Days. ---- Names of the 260-day Cycle and of its Divisions. ---- Range of 260-day Cycle. ---- Origin of 260-day Cycle. ---- Ritualistic and Divinatory Divisions of the Sacred Almanac ---- Starting Point of 260-day Cycle. ---- Summary. ---- THE YEAR OF 365 DAYS. ---- Names of the Months. ---- Patrons of the Months. ---- Meanings of Names or Glyphs of Months. ---- Numbering Days of Months. ---- Seating of Months. ---- The Last Day of the Month. ---- Handling of Leap Days. ---- Names of the Year and its Divisions. ---- The Cycle of Fifty-Two Years. ---- Position of Month Glyph. ---- The Year Bearers. ---- Functions of Year Bearers. ---- Concept of Burden. ---- Location of Year Bearers. ---- Correlation of Year Bearers with European Years ---- Shifts in Year Bearers. ---- Grouping of Year Bearers. ---- Summary. ---- METHODS OF RECORDING NUMBERS. ---- Bars and Dots. ---- Head Variants: One to Nineteen. ---- Symbolic Variants: One to Nineteen. ---- Completion (or Zero? ?). ---- Glyph for Twenty ---- (u.v.v.a.) // ILLUSTRATIONEN : The journey of time. - Map of the Maya area. - Glyph formations. - Clauses. - Clauses and variable affixes. - Interchangeability of elements of the count group of affixes. - Day signs: Imix to Kan. - Day signs: Chicchan to Lamat. - Day signs: Muluc to Eb. - Day signs: Ben to Cib. - Day signs: Caban to Ahau. - Ahau {continued) and sundry glyphs. - Derivations of day signs: Imix to Akbal. Affixes. - Derivations of day signs: Kan to Manik. - Derivations of day signs: Lamat to Caban. - Derivations of day signs: Etz'nab to Ahau. - Month signs: Pop to Xul. - Month signs: Yaxkin to Ceh. - Month signs: Mac to Kayab. - Month signs: Cumku and Uayeb, ends of months, and searings of months and years. - Symbol for black and the associations ot the Moan bird and spiral with water. - Old earth god and other deities associated with the conch shell. - Initial Series introductory glyphs: variable elements Pop to Yax. - Initial Series introductory glyphs: variable elements Zac to Cumku and examples of - complete glyphs. - Heads for numbers i through 10. - Heads for numbers n through 19 and for completion, numerical heads in Codex - Dresden, and symbols for numbers. - Geometric (or symbolic) forms of p.

Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington, Publication 589, 1950 Med.4to. xvii,347pp. 64 plates, map, biblio., index. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. [ ].

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 4to. [2], iii-xvi, [2], 1-347, [1], [128] pp. Grey wrappers printed in black on the front wrapper and spine. Illustrated with 64 full-page illustrations at the end of the volume and with a frontispiece. A thorough study of the Mayan civilization, its history, and its written language. Initials and a name on the front cover and first leaf respectively, the volume is slightly warped from use.

paperback. Zustand: very good(-). 65 plates. 4to, pr. wrs., inner hinges strengthened, spine rubbed with a small area of wear in the middle of the spine, pencil annotations on last blank page. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1950. Presentation copy.