The Anthon Transcript and the Maya Glyphs

Title

The Anthon Transcript and the Maya Glyphs

Magazine

Improvement Era

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1952

Authors

Pagination

644–645

Date Published

September 1952

Volume

55

Issue Number

9

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Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

This article discusses A. Hiatt Verrill’s work, Old Civilizations of the New World, which reproduces an “inscription found at Sahhuayacu, Peru” that closely approximates “the script of the Anthon Transcript.” The author argues that the Mayan people did not progress from pictographs to a linear script, but possessed a linear, semicursive script from its early history.

Anthon Transcript
Writing System
Language - Mayan
Native Americans - Maya
Characters
Ancient America – Mesoamerica
Ancient America - Mesoamerica

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