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Mayas.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Fragments of sculpture brought from ruins of Copan

 Item — Huntington box 41 - folder 1
Identifier: 9101

Philipp Johann Josef Valentini papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438738]
Identifier: 9168
Abstract Papers concerning Maya chronology, hieroglyphs, slabs, and languages, with comparisons to archeological sites in Palestine and Mesopotamia. Collection includes holographic manuscripts, bound and loose, hand copied portions of books, extensive notes in notebooks, large collections of tracings of hieroglyphs, pencil and colored drawings of landscapes, people and artifacts, correspondence, several unpublished papers, drafts and manuscripts for Valentini's Deciphering the Palenque Slabs, Temple...
Dates: 1870-1899.

Registro de Reales Cedulas de las provincia de Santa Marta

 Collection
Identifier: 9199
Scope and content

Bound photostats of a register, from Santa Marta Columbia, parts appear to be written in an unidentified Indian language, likely a form of the Mayan language, other parts look to be Spanish. Inside front cover, modern note states: "Archivo de Indias, de Sevilla. Est. 119, caj. 7, leg. 22. Tomo 1. Años 1529-1533." Written in Spanish on the backs of many of the pages are some identification notes.

Dates: 1529-1533.

Rodolfo R. Schuller papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9172
Abstract Vocabulary collection on Central and South American languages. Includes correspondence between Schuller and other members of the Museum of the Native American regarding the collection. Five boxes of 3x5 index cards with vocabulary items noted along with bibliographic source or notations in other languages. Six boxes boxes of half sheets with vocabulary items, words, definition, and pronunciation, organized by "root" or what appears to be subject in some cases. A note from Schuller says that...
Dates: ca. 1925-1932.

Star gods of the ancient Americas

 Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9058

The weaving symbols of the Mayan peoples of Chiapas, Mexico

 Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9067