Maaya T’aan Summer 2011 Class

Maaya T’aan Summer 2011 Class

 

Last day of Maaya T’aan

Last day of Maaya T’aan

 

Maaya T’aan, Spring 2011

Maaya T’aan, Spring 2011

 

Upcoming seminar Feb 18-19, 2011

Upcoming seminar Feb 18-19, 2011

http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_3/2011_Spring/03-WithoutWords.html I will present a talk on Olmec writing during this upcoming seminar.  Roll-out photo of an Olmec pottery vessel by Justin Kerr.

 

“Proto-Mayan Elvis” by anonymous

“Proto-Mayan Elvis” by anonymous

 

Winter at UNC

Winter at UNC

It’s the second week of finals.  Almost there…

 

Mesoamerican Scripts class practicing with Mayan glyphs

Mesoamerican Scripts class practicing with Mayan glyphs

 

Visiting the George Stuart Collection at UNC

Visiting the George Stuart Collection at UNC

Mesoamerican Writing Systems met today at the Wilson …

 

Mesoamerican Scripts Class Update

Mesoamerican Scripts Class Update

This coming week we’ll be working on deciphering Mayan writing using the Dresden Codex (not illustrated) applying essentially the same methodology as Knorozov’s.  The illustration …

 

A Great Lecture with Dr. Hopkins

A Great Lecture with Dr. Hopkins

The talk by Dr. Nicholas Hopkins was very well received; it was enjoyed by students from historical linguistics (my class) and indigenous literatures (Emilio del …