Abstract

VALENCIA RIVERA, Rogelio  and  SHESENA HERNANDEZ, Alejandro. About the glyph [T544.501] and the classic maya geopolitical communities. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2016, vol.48, pp.101-127. ISSN 0185-2574.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm.2016.48.767.

This paper focuses on the Maya glyph [T544.501]. On one side the article offers a carefully review of the contexts where the hieroglyph appears for, from these, suggest that it may be a logogram with possible OCH ("entrance") reading. Moreover, considering the predominant presence of this hieroglyph in contexts which relate to geopolitical groups, and beyond its phonetic value, the article also analyzes the historical dynamics that have experienced these Late Classic political groupings as they narrate the texts where appears the glyph in question.

Keywords : [T544.501] Maya glyph; Classic Maya geopolitical collectivities; Maya writing; decipherment; caves.

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