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Anthropologist claims hand positions on 1,300-year-old Maya altar have a deeper meaning

The Maya used "sign language" on an altar around 1,300 years ago, and these signs may represent important dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims. "This is the oldest text where, to ...
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Reading the Maya glyphs / Michael D. Coe, Mark Van Stone

The cultural background of Maya writing -- The nature of the Maya script -- Time and the calendar -- Royal lives and royal rituals -- Places and polities -- Dynastic names and titles -- Relationships ...
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Ancient Maya Stone Altar Recovered In Guatemala; Unparalleled Investigation Leads To Looters’ Haven And Arrests

An unprecedented collaboration of archeologists, Maya villagers and Guatemalan authorities has resulted in the recovery of a magnificent Maya altar stone that was carved in 796 AD and sheds new light ...
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LATE POSTCLASSIC — SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD STONE TOOL TECHNOLOGY IN THE SOUTHERN MAYA LOWLAND AREA: THE VIEW FROM LAMANAI AND TIPU, BELIZE

Lithic Technology, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Spring 2002), pp. 47-72 (26 pages) Researchers studying the Colonial period in the Maya lowland area recently have used ethnohistorical and archaeological ...
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First 3-D topographic map of early Maya city 'Head of Stone' delineates ancient buildings

Archaeologists have made the first three-dimensional topographical map of ancient monumental buildings long buried under centuries of jungle at the Maya site "Head of Stone" in Guatemala. The map puts ...