BERLIN, Heinrich, SIGNOS Y SIGNIFICACIONES EN
LAS INSCRIPCIONES MAYAS. 10 tables of glyphs, 5 drawings, 197 p., the
last great treatise on decipherment of hieroglyphic writing by the scholar
who identified the Palenque Triad (GI, GII, GIII) and who first worked on
emblem glyphs. A basic reference work for today's epigrapher. $70. No.
6048
BRUCE, Roberto, GRAMATICA DEL LACANDON, INAH, Mexico City, 152 p,
includes art and archaeology with photographs and drawings of Lacandon incense
burners never before published. This is far more than a grammar, it is a
complete ethnography, especially rich in mythology an ideal source for interpreting
polychrome Maya vases. A book such as this is essential for iconographers.
Long out of print, we have a few new copies available, $50. No. 6057
CAMPBELL, Lyle, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAYAN
LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS will save you hours and hours of library research
since it already lists the books and articles you need to find, 182 p.,
out of print, $60. No. 6061
CARDOS, de Mendez, Amalia, Estudio de la COLECCION DE ESCULTURA MAYA del MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA, INAH. 167 photos, 190 small p.. Not a coffee taCble book but nonetheless "the" definitive corpus of all Maya sculpture not only on exhibit but also in the warehouses of INAH in Mexico City. A basic reference for the curator, epigrapher, iconographer, or individual who wishes to see the entire scope of Maya sculpture. $120. No. 6062
CLANCY, Flora S. & HARRISON, Peter, VISION
& REVISION IN MAYA STUDIES, Hardcover, 25 pages of bibliography,
16 maps, 17 layouts and more than 70 drawings of glyphs, figures and murals,
5 photos, 248 p., $42. No. 6071
FELDMAN, Lawrence, RIVERINE MAYA, The Torquegua and other Chols of the
Lower Motagua Valley out of print, $40. No. 6095
HARRISON, Peter, A JADE PENDANT FROM TIKAL
(shows insides of royal tomb) and TIKAL: NORTH ACROPOLIS AND AN
EARLY TOMB by Wm. Coe; photographs, drawings, and text provide readable
description of how to find and professionally excavate a wealthy Preclassic
burial. Expedition, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1963, $15. No. 6292
HOUSTON, Stephen D., HIEROGLYPHS AND HISTORY AT DOS PILAS - Dynastic
Politics of the Classic Maya, chronology of the site and its lords,
16 maps, 12 tables & more than 20 illustrations. 181 p., $40. No.
6143
JUSTESON, John, and L. Campbell, PHONETICISM IN MAYAN HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING,
the most important single book on how to read the Mayan glyphs in an easy
phonetic manner; contains articles from the world's leading epigraphers.
Because this book is the only basic "textbook" on the new readings,
it went immediately into out of print status, we have one copy, $120. You
will not find this book offered widely elsewhere since everyone who bought
it wants to hold on to it. 389 p. No. 6154
KNOROZOV, Yuri, MAYA HIEROGLYPHIC CODICES, 429 p of phonetic translations
of the Maya codices from the Russian expert who first recognized how to
use Bishop Landa's "alphabet" as a syllabic chart rather than
a regular alphabet. An essential "bible" and dictionary for all
who aspire to read Maya hieroglyphic writing. This was so popular it went
into out of print status and is hard to find, $100 (F.L.A.A.R. just cleaned
out its warehouse of books we had bought five years ago and we found two
original copies). No. 6158
MORISHITA MUSEUM OF ART, MORISHITA MUSEUM CATALOG - 1976, 66 Color
plates of artifacts, 70 B&W photos of maps, sites, artifacts and illustrations.
Ignore the Japanese script and concentrate on the photographs, MAYA (lowland
and highland, glyphs, polychrome, plates, bowls), Tiquisate incensario,
Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peruvian archaeology. Most of the Maya items have not
been published anywhere else. This book is not sold in the USA or Europe
by any other bookseller. We had to go to Japan to get it in person. 79 p.,
$120. No. 6188
NAKAMURA, Seiichi, Kazuo Aoyama, and Eiji Uratsuji, Investigaciones Arqueologicas
en la Region de La Entrada, 3 volume report of the Japanese archaeological
expedition northeast of Copan: ceramics, artifacts, sculpture, hieroglyphs
(decipherments by Linda Schele). $150 for the set of all three volumes (but
order now since we have only two sets and cannot get more at present).
No. 6371
PINA CHAN, R., CULTURA Y CIUDADES MAYAS DE CAMPECHE. 9 color photos, 129 B+W, 14 drawings (maps, tables, charts, illustrations), features Chenes and Rio Bec monumental architecture. Pina Chan was in charge of excavations at Xpuhil, Becan, and other sites. government subsidized coffee table book, hardbound, 199 p., $120. No. 6216
Primer Simposio Mundial sobre EPIGRAFIA MAYA, with articles by Clemency Coggins, Christopher Jones on decipherment of inscriptions at Tikal as well as the only published illustrations of the just discovered incredible early architectural facade masks of Uaxactun much nicer sculpture than the famous E- VII-sub! Includes complete epigraphy and iconography of the remarkable Teotihuacan style portable ballcourt marker recently found at Tikal Early with lots of glyphs. Only 500 copies ever printed, $60 (we could find just 3 copies in all Guatemala). No. 6017
PROSKOURIAKOFF, Tatiana, MAYA HISTORY, Hardcover,
about 150 pages w/glyphs and descriptions and chronology of art of Classic
period (250-900AD), 14 line drawings of monuments, more than 300 original
glyphs drawings, 211 p., $45. No. 6225
RIESE, Berthold, NOTICIAS ARQUEOLOGICAS DE TABASCO various articles including on Olmec, by Berthold Riese on Torteguero glyphs, graffiti of Comalcalco, 65 p., edition limited to 250 copies, out of print, $30. No. 6229
ROBICSEK, Francis, THE MAYA BOOK OF THE DEAD: THE CERAMIC CODEX, hundreds and hundreds of Justin Kerr photographs of Maya vases, deities, iconography, decipherment of hieroglyphs especially Primary Standard Sequence, $200, used only. No. 6231
Satterthwaite, L., MAYA PRACTICE STONE
CARVING AT PIEDRAS NEGRAS The only article
available which illustrates how the Maya organized the glyph columns on
the stelae. Fascinating reading. Expedition, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1965, $10. No.
6296
SHOOK, Edwin, and Alfred Kidder; THE PAINTED TOMB AT TIKAL description
and photographs of discovery of the only major tomb at Tikal that had murals.
This is the tomb mentioned in comparison with the recently discovered Rio
Azul tomb murals; in same issue, "LORDS OF THE MAYA REALM" by
Tatiana Proskouriakoff, describes how she deciphered the Maya hieroglyphic
inscriptions at Piedras Negras. Vol. 4, No. 1, 1961, $30. No. 6289
SOTELO SANTOS, Laura Elena, YAXCHILAN, 190
thick pages with 57 color photographs of a quality better than in any other
publication on Yaxchilan. These particular photographs far exceed those
in any book on Yaxchilan printed in the USA or Europe, and are even better
than Maler's or Maudslay's photographs in part because they are in color.
This particular Mexican photographer was clearly a pro. $160. No. 6251
STONE, Andrea J., IMAGES FROM THE UNDERWORLD, Naj Tunich and the Tradition
of Maya Cave Painting, more than 200 photos, illustrations & maps
showing Maya cave art, w/12 color plates, hardcover, 284 p., $61. No.
6253
TEDLOCK, Dennis (translator), POPUL VUH, The Definitive Edition of
the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings, 126
pages of descriptive references, 27 page glossary of names & terms,
index of 64 illustrations, 388 p., $15. No. 6258
THE CHULTUNS OF TIKAL by Dennis Puleston together with PREHISTORIC
SETTLEMENT AT TIKAL, GUATEMALA by W. Haviland. Photographs, drawings,
and explanation of excavations dedicated to the daily life of the ancient
Maya. Expedition, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1965, $20. No. 6297
THE SPLENDID TOMB OF TEMPLE I AT TIKAL, GUATEMALA and "NOTE ON HIEROGLYPHS ON BONE FROM THE TOMB BELOW TEMPLE I" and TIKAL GRAFFITI, Expedition, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1963, $25. No. 6295
THOMPSON, J. Eric S., MAYA HIEROGLYPHS WITHOUT TEARS, small primer,
one copy left, $40. No. 6261
UNAM, MEMORIAS DEL PRIMER COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL DE MAYANISTAS, 1985. 56 maps, 242 figs, 1146 p. They never print enough of
these important books to go around, so when this book goes out of print
it will fetch $150 and up. Now just $100 for over one thousand pages. This
is the most comprehensive set of articles on recent discoveries in Maya
art, iconography, epigraphy, and archaeology to appear in recent years.
Includes Tikal, Tulum, Belize, Cacaxtla, and two new sculptures just discovered
at Bonampak. No. 6268
Union Academique Internationale, Corpus Antiquitatum Americanensium, INAH, Mexico. Vol. VI ESCULTURAS ASOCIADAS DEL VALLE DE OAXACA portfolio (corners torn, edges rubbed) drawings of stelae by Andy Seuffert, text, Ignacio BERNAL. 29 p. Sp. and English text, $80. No. 6302
VILLACORTA & VILLACORTA, CODICES MAYAS, the three main Maya codices (Paris, Madrid, and Dresden), in handsome line drawings. Most epigraphers use these drawings rather than the color facsimiles, since the details of the gods and glyphs are so much clearer. We have the actual Guatemalan printing, not a fuzzy reprint or fuzzy xerox (where it is hard to see the iconographic details). This book is long out of print, even in Guatemala. $100, while they last. No. 6273
Von Winning, Hasso, TWO MAYA MONUMENTS IN YUCATAN, The Palace of the Stuccoes at Acanceh & the Temple of the Owls at Chichen Itza, 99 B&W photos, drawings and illustrations, 95 p., $15. No. 6279
YASUGI, Yoshiho (commentary), ORNAMENTS OF THE WORLD, VOL. 5, The Continent
of America, native art of the Americas, 408 photographs & drawings,
has 51 color and 38 B&W photos of Maya ceramics, not counting Maya murals,
architecture, sculpture, plus non-Maya cultures of America.
The Guatemalan textiles are especially handsomely rendered in color which
only the Japanese can so stunningly print. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions
shown that are not published in any other book. Thus for epigraphers this
book is a useful reference to allow keeping up to date with what is available
to study from the F.L.A.A.R. Photo Archive. More of Hellmuth's Maya photographs
are here than in any other book available this decade. Only a few of these
ancient Maya ceramics have been published elsewhere. In other words, the
majority of these pictures are not available in any other book and only
about 7% of the Maya art in this book is found in books by Coe, Robicsek,
or even Kerr.
Since the book is in Japanese, we have captions available in English (which
will accompany your order). These captions are by Hellmuth and constitute
a review of his advances in iconography based on the immense F.L.A.A.R.
Photo Archive. This book is not sold anywhere else in the U.S.A.
$150 brings your library this important contribution to the basic
corpus of Maya polychrome ceramics. No. 6189