Maya
____________________
,
a
basic
introduction
.
by
The
____________________
Museum
Across
the
____________________
Ocean
,
the
Maya
____________________
was
at
its
height
between
300
and
900
.
Inscriptions
have
been
____________________
on
monumental
sculpture
,
public
buildings
,
murals
,
pottery
,
shell
,
____________________
,
bone
,
wood
,
jade
,
and
screenfold
books
called
codices
.
They
were
only
identified
as
a
writing
system
by
scholars
during
the
____________________
century
.
The
majority
of
surviving
examples
of
Maya
____________________
are
from
the
Classic
period
(
250
?
900
)
although
some
date
to
the
Late
Preclassic
(
B
.
C
.
E
.
?
250
C
.
E
.
)
.
Inscriptions
record
____________________
and
____________________
information
,
and
____________________
events
such
as
alliances
,
wars
,
lineages
,
and
____________________
.
Maya
glyphs
were
inscribed
in
blocks
placed
in
____________________
and
vertical
rows
.
One
or
more
glyphs
were
set
in
each
____________________
.
It
is
generally
read
from
left
to
right
and
top
to
bottom
.
The
____________________
sometimes
appears
in
single
columns
,
but
can
appear
in
L
-
shaped
or
other
arrangements
,
such
as
on
the
____________________
lintels
from
the
city
of
Yaxchilán
.
Maya
____________________
were
first
identified
as
a
writing
system
during
the
nineteenth
century
,
when
the
bar
-
and
-
dot
numerical
system
was
____________________
.
In
the
1950s
it
was
discovered
that
the
script
combined
signs
representing
whole
words
with
signs
representing
____________________
.
Certain
glyphs
were
recognized
as
naming
specific
people
and
cities
(
known
as
Name
Glyphs
and
Emblem
Glyphs
respectively
)
.
There
were
major
breakthroughs
in
decipherment
in
the
second
half
of
the
____________________
century
and
approximately
85%
of
the
glyphs
can
now
be
read
.
