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Mayan Glyphs-A New World Logosyllabary

Label
Mayan Glyphs-A New World Logosyllabary
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Mayan Glyphs-A New World Logosyllabary
Oclc number
921959544
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally produced by The Teaching Company/The Great Courses in 2013
Runtime
30
Summary
Investigate whether the features of Old World scripts such as Chinese and Japanese, Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform, and Linear B apply to the unrelated scripts of the New World. Focus specifically on Yuri Knorosov's decipherment of Mayan hieroglyphic writing and how living in Cold War Russia both helped and hindered his work
Technique
live action
Contributor
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