| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Map of the Maya World | p. 2 |
| Pronunciation | p. 9 |
| Orthography | p. 13 |
| Conventions for Transcribing Maya Glyphs | p. 15 |
| T-Numbers | p. 17 |
| Abbreviations | p. 19 |
| History of Decipherment | p. 21 |
| Discovery Phase: Early Attempts | p. 22 |
| Initial Decipherments | p. 24 |
| The Age of Thompson | p. 27 |
| The Historical Phase of Decipherment | p. 28 |
| Phonetic Decipherment | p. 30 |
| The Basics | p. 35 |
| Organization | p. 35 |
| Types of Glyphs: Carved Versus Painted Forms | p. 40 |
| Types of Glyphs: Functional Forms | p. 41 |
| Types of Glyphs: Iconographic Forms | p. 45 |
| Types of Glyphs: Grammatical Forms | p. 47 |
| Polyvalent Signs | p. 51 |
| Selected Common Signs | p. 52 |
| Introduction to the Calendars: Numbers, Initial Series, and Long Count | p. 57 |
| Numbers | p. 57 |
| Systems of Time | p. 64 |
| Initial Series | p. 64 |
| Long Count | p. 66 |
| Summary | p. 70 |
| The Calendar Round | p. 71 |
| Tzolk'in | p. 74 |
| Ja'ab' | p. 80 |
| How the Calendar Round Works | p. 85 |
| The Initial Series: Putting Everything Together | p. 87 |
| The Supplementary and Other Series | p. 89 |
| Lords of the Night | p. 89 |
| Lunar Series | p. 94 |
| 819-Day Count | p. 98 |
| Glyphs Y and Z | p. 100 |
| Putting It All Together | p. 101 |
| Period Endings and Distance Numbers | p. 105 |
| Period Endings | p. 105 |
| Distance Numbers | p. 111 |
| Suppression of Signs | p. 116 |
| Distance Numbers as Initial Series | p. 116 |
| Summary | p. 118 |
| Phoneticism in the Maya Script | p. 119 |
| Landa's "Alphabet" | p. 120 |
| Clues from the Codices | p. 122 |
| The Principle of Synharmony | p. 124 |
| Spelling Conventions | p. 126 |
| Morpho-syllables | p. 130 |
| Substitution Sets | p. 130 |
| The Syllabary | p. 131 |
| The Language of the Glyphs | p. 134 |
| Summary | p. 135 |
| Verbs, Verbal Inflection, and Grammatical Elements | p. 137 |
| How to Identify Verbs | p. 138 |
| Verbal Inflection | p. 148 |
| General Verbs | p. 150 |
| Ti Constructions | p. 151 |
| Summary | p. 151 |
| The Major Events | p. 161 |
| Birth | p. 162 |
| Heir Designation | p. 163 |
| Accession | p. 165 |
| House, Monument, and Object Dedications | p. 170 |
| Arrival and Departure | p. 175 |
| Appear, Emerge | p. 176 |
| Miscellaneous Actions | p. 177 |
| Contract, "Betrothal" | p. 184 |
| Get Drunk, Dance | p. 185 |
| Bloodletting and Sacrifice | p. 186 |
| War | p. 188 |
| Death | p. 194 |
| Burial | p. 195 |
| Names and Titles | p. 197 |
| Personal Name Clauses | p. 198 |
| Titles and Offices | p. 201 |
| Royal Names | p. 212 |
| Artists' Signatures and Titles | p. 215 |
| Relationships | p. 219 |
| Parentage Statements | p. 219 |
| Wife | p. 224 |
| Siblings and Other Relatives | p. 224 |
| Companions | p. 225 |
| Political Relationships | p. 225 |
| Summary | p. 228 |
| Locations and Objects | p. 229 |
| Directional and Color Glyphs | p. 229 |
| Emblem Glyphs | p. 231 |
| Titles of Origin | p. 235 |
| Toponyms | p. 235 |
| Names of Buildings | p. 238 |
| Monuments and Other Objects | p. 238 |
| Tribute | p. 240 |
| Summary | p. 241 |
| Gods and Supernaturals | p. 243 |
| "The Heavenly God, the Earthly God, All the Gods" | p. 243 |
| Lineage Founders | p. 245 |
| Vision Serpents | p. 247 |
| Way, Wayob' | p. 248 |
| The Pantheon of Major Gods | p. 250 |
| The Primary Standard Sequence | p. 257 |
| The Basic Formula | p. 258 |
| The Introductory or Presentation Phrase | p. 261 |
| Surface Treatment | p. 262 |
| Vessel Type | p. 263 |
| Vessel Contents | p. 265 |
| The Closure Phrase | p. 267 |
| Summary | p. 269 |
| Discourse and Structural Analysis: Putting It All Together | p. 271 |
| The Discourse Structure of Yaxchilan Stela 11 | p. 272 |
| Multiple Episodes and Events | p. 272 |
| Establishing an Event Line | p. 276 |
| Discourse Structure on Piedras Negras Panel 3 | p. 277 |
| Advanced Decipherment | p. 295 |
| Techniques of Structural and Comparative Analysis | p. 295 |
| Advanced Analysis: Calculations Into the Extreme Past | p. 297 |
| Problems in Decipherment: Looking Forward | p. 302 |
| How to Teach Yourself In Greater Depth | p. 306 |
| Yaxchilan Stela 11, Front, Lower Glyph Panel | p. 308 |
| Sample Texts and Practice Inscriptions | p. 309 |
| Easy | p. 309 |
| Difficult | p. 316 |
| A Guide to Hieroglyphic Resources | p. 325 |
| Internet Resources | p. 325 |
| Publication Series | p. 327 |
| Sources of Inscriptions | p. 328 |
| Annual Meetings | p. 329 |
| Bibliography | p. 331 |
| List of Illustrations | p. 339 |
| List of Plates | p. 351 |
| Index | p. 353 |
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