Breaking the Maya code

The inside story of one of the great intellectual breakthroughs of our time--the last great decipherment of an ancient script--now revised and updated Book jacket.

• Preface p. 7
• Prologue p. 9
• 1 The Word Made Visible p. 13
• 2 Lords of the Forest p. 47
• 3 A Jungle Civilization Rediscovered p. 73
• 4 Forefathers: The Dawn of Decipherment p. 99
• 5 The Age of Thompson p. 123
• 6 A New Wind from the East p. 145
• 7 The Age of Proskouriakoff: The Maya Enter History p. 167
• 8 Pacal's People p. 193
• 9 Down into Xibalba p. 218
• 10 A New Dawn p. 231
• 11 A Look Backward, A View Forward p. 259
• Epilogue p. 275
• Postscript, 1999 p. 276
• Appendix A Proskouriakoff's "Suggested Order of Discussion" p. 278
• Appendix B The Maya Syllabic Chart p. 280
• Notes p. 282
• Glossary p. 288
• Sources of Illustrations p. 290
• Further Reading and Bibliography p. 292
• Index p. 301