Mayan historical linguistics and epigraphy: A new synthesis

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2006, Pages 279-294

  Wichmann, Søren ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolution of writing; Maya writing; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LANGUAGE; RESEARCH;

EID: 33751022714     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.35.081705.123257     Document Type: Review

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