Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians Volume 5

<p>In 1981 under the editorship of Victoria Bricker UT Press began to issue supplemental volumes to the classic sixteen-volume work <i>Handbook of Middle American Indians</i>. These supplements are intended to update scholarship in various areas and to cover topics of current interest that may not have been included in the original <i>Handbook</i>.</p> <p>This volume is designed to recognize the important role that epigraphy has come to play in Middle American scholarship and to document significant achievements in three areas: dynastic history phonetic decipherment and calendrics. The book covers four of the major pre-Columbian scripts in the region (Zapotec Mixtec Aztec and Maya) and one that is relatively unknown (Tlapanec).</p>