#maya codices

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I am once again feeling despondent over the Maya codices.

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Maya & Mexican Codices

Caitlin Davis (Caldwell University) joins Chris Sims at the 82nd annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Vancouver to talk about her presentation on the synthesis of Maya and Mexican art in Mesoamerican codices. Contact: Caitlin Davis Email: [email protected] Blog -

Shout out to Chris Sims at the Archaeology Podcast Network for interviewing me at the SAAs last week! I had such a blast talking about my graduate research and future developments for the field of codex studies. If you have any questions or comments, send them my way!

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Maya Codices

Maya codices are pre-Columbian books made by the Maya civilization, written in Maya hieroglyphs on bark-paper folded like an accordion. Four (4) codices are known to have survived the Spanish conquest. 1. Dresden Codex – Named after Dresden, Germany, where it is held. It is the most complete codex and primarily deals with astronomy, calendars, and rituals.2. Madrid Codex – Located in Madrid,…

Maya Codices

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The Grolier Codex has long been considered a fake in academia, but recent news has come to light claiming it’s authenticity. Established Mayanists Michael Coe, Mary Miller, Stephen Houston, and Karl Taube, have recently put forward an article in Maya Archaeology claiming that the long controversial 11-page manuscript mysteriously found in a cave in the 1960s is actually an original Maya codex.  

These results were determined through a series of studies, including X-ray and UV imaging, in order to confirm their suspicions. Because the Grolier is highly iconographically different from the other three existing Maya codices, further research is needed to determine exactly why it was produced in such a way and how it can add to our understanding of Maya society at the time. 

It will also be interesting to explore how this news affects past codex research. Within my own thesis, I neglected to include the Grolier due to doubts about it’s authenticity. Scientific knowledge is always changing and growing, and while I do not regret my choice to exclude the Grolier from my studies, I am now certainly considering the impact it’s inclusion would have had on my results.