ANTH 1140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Yuri Knorozov, Usumacinta River, Nikolai Grube
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Entire classic period defined by three criteria: maximum population density in sml (most people per inch2, record/chronicle of dynastic kingship, presence of monuments/hieroglyphics with long count dates. 9 people commit suicide out of fear of him. Also burns every single idol and book as work of the devil: gets called back to spain for being too crazed during the. Inquisition (. ". crazy: writes relacion de las cosas de yucatan in spain. The first ethnography (study of living people) about the. Maya: writes down everything, religion, daily rituals, what lives/clothes are like. Alphabet essentially is 1 sign=1 sound (consonant plus a vowel) Scribe writes down multiple signs (3 for ah, 2 for. This is because maya alphabets written in : phonetic signs, logographic signs alphabet doesn"t even apply, book convinces spanish that maya=heathens and need de landa. Now only 3 codices left (dresden, madrid, paris) Named after the cities where they are now.
