Back in 1996 I made notes about an interesting substitution set that pointed to a reading BIX for a logogram shown here, which makes an appearance in a few inscriptions from Yaxchilan, La Corona, Dos Pilas, Coba, as well as a few others. This value may well have been noted by others back around the [...]
Archive for January, 2012
The Verb Bix, “Go, Go Away”
Posted in Calakmul, Coba, Dos Pilas, Emblems & Toponyms, History of Research, Spelling, Uncategorized on January 23, 2012 | 4 Comments »
On Effigies of Ancestors and Gods
Posted in Artifacts, Copan, Palenque, Rituals, Vessels on January 20, 2012 | 3 Comments »
This post offers a few speculative thoughts on the glyph shown at right that’s long eluded any firm decipherment, but which for many years now has been thought to refer to an important type of ritual object or space, such as an altar or shrine. In fact, in the epigraphic literature of the past couple [...]
Welcome
-
Recent Posts
The Order of Days: The Maya World and the Truth about 2012
Archives
- May 2012
- April 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- November 2010
- October 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- June 2009
- April 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
-
Blog Stats
- 314,957 hits
