Research Reports on Ancient Maya Writing
In 1984 George Stuart began a series of short publications focused on the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs. These reports reflecting the burgeoning progress in “cracking the code” during those years. They were typically short contributions, designed to fill a need outside the normal scope of archaeology journals such as American Antiquity (more specialized peer-review journals such as Ancient Meosamerica or Latin American Antiquity would come later). The old Notes on Middle American Archaeology and Ethnology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington served as a model. Over time the Research Reports on Ancient Maya Writing (RRAMW) were established as a standard outlet for progress in Maya decipherment. Numerous important papers and notes were produced. Publication of the RRAMW has been less constant in recent years, but Boundary End Archaeological Research Center (formerly the Center for Maya Research) continues to issue new numbers. These are posted on BEARC’s Maya Decipherment blog and are added to our digital archive, where all former numbers can be accessed. Hardcopies of most early numbers of the Research Reports are still available for purchase.
Potential contributions to RRAMW can be submitted to boundaryendcenter@gmail.com
These are under the joint direction of BEC and the Mesoamerica Center of the University of Texas at Austin. To ensure good continuity with our plans and publication projects BEC needs any and all financial support. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization focused on promoting research in Mesoamerican studies, including anthropology, archaeology, epigraphy and art history.
List of Research Reports
01. The Yaxha Emblem Glyph as Yax-ha
02. A New Child-Father Relationship Glyph
03. Problematic Emblem Glyphs: Examples from Altar de Sacrificios, El Chorro, Rio Azul, and Xultun
04. Notes on the Reading of Affix T142
05. Glyph T93 and Maya ‘Hand-scattering’ Events
06. A Representation of the Principle Bird Deity in the Paris Codex
07. 7. The Sun Also Rises: Iconographic Syntax of the Pomona Flare
08. Observations on T110 as the Syllable ko
09. Landa’s Second Grapheme for u
10. A New Variant of the CHAK Sign
11. A Glyph for Self-Sacrifice in Several Maya Inscriptions
12. Bilingual Glyphs
13. A Carved Shell from the Northeastern Maya Lowlands
15. The Lake Guija Plaque and Special Supplement: A Guide to the Style and Content of the Series RRAMW
16. La Estela 1 de La Mojarra, Veracruz, México
17. A New Early Classic Text from Tikal
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20. Lamanai Stela 9: The Archaeological Context
21. The Hieroglyphic Text of Stela 9, Lamanai, Belize
22. The Iconography of Lamanai Stela 9
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26. Itzám Cab Ain: Caimans, Cosmology, and Calendrics in Postclassic Yucatán
27. The Mythological Identity of the figure on the La Esperanza (‘Chinkultic’) Ball Court Marker
28. The Royal Fifth: Earliest Notices of Maya Writing
29. The Beginning of Maya Hieroglyphic Study
30. The WAY Glyph: Evidence for ‘Co-essences’ among the Classic Maya
31. The ‘Axe/Comb’ Glyph (T333) as CH’AK
32. A New Carved Panel from the Palenque Area
33. A Sign for the Syllable mi
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36. Three Terminal Classic Monuments from Caracol, Belize
37. An Early Maya Text from El Mirador, Guatemala – Two reports as a package
38. A Reading for the ‘Penis-Manikin’ Glyph and its Variants
39. I am a Kahal; My Parents Were Scribes
40. The Discovery, Exploration, and Monuments of Nom Li Punit, Belize
41. A Commentary on the Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of Nim Li Punit, Belize – Two reports as a package
42. A Maya Wooden Figure from Belize
43. Nights Errant: A Look at Wayward Lords of the Night
44. 44. The Weavers in the Codice
45. A New Inscription from Nim Li Punit, Belize
46. The Syllabic Value of Sign T77 as k’i
47. Quality and Quantity in Glyphic Nouns and Adjectives
48. An Inscribed Shell Drinking Vessel from the Maya Lowlands
49. 49. A Reading of the ‘Completion Hand’ as TZUTZ
50. Evidence for Language Change in Ancient Maya Writing – Three reports as a
51. Hieroglyphic Evidence for the Historical Configuration of Eastern Ch’olan
52. The Bee-Keepers in the Madrid Codex
53. Haab Rituals in the Maya Codices and the Structure of Maya Almanacs – Two reports as a package
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56. A Reading for the “Earth-Star” Verb in Ancient Maya Writing
57. A New Monument from Huntichmul, Yucatán, Mexico
58. Dates from the Well of Time, Chichén Itzá, Yucatán
59. Hieroglyphic Texts from El Osario, Chichén Itzá, Yucatán
