Breaking the Maya code

Preface

Prologue

1. The word made visible

2. Lords of the forest

3. A jungle civilization rediscovered

4. Forefathers: the dawn of decipherment

5. The age of [John Eric Sidney] Thompson

6. A new wind from the East

The age of [Tatiana] Proskouriakoff: the Maya enter history

8. Pakal's people

9. Down into Xibalbá

10. A new dawn

11. A look backward, a view forward

Envoi

Appendix A: Proskourieff's "Suggested order of discussion"

Appendix B: The Maya syllabic chart.

Prologue

The word made visible

Lords of the forest

A jungle civilization rediscovered

Forefathers: the dawn of decipherment

The age of Thompson

A new wind from the east

The age of Proskouriakoff: the Maya enter history

Pacal's people

Down to Xibalba

A new dawn

A look backward, a view forward

Epilogue.