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Improvement Era 55, no. 9 (September 1952)
McKay, David O.
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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
Crowley, Ariel L. (Primary)
Pagination
644–645
Date Published
September 1952
Volume
55
Issue Number
9
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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.
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Subject Keywords
Anthon Transcript
Writing System
Language - Mayan
Native Americans - Maya
Characters
Ancient America – Mesoamerica
Ancient America - Mesoamerica
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