Hidden in Plain Sight: The Codical Sign T648 and its Forerunner T694 in Three Classic Period Contexts

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Péter Bíró
Barbara MacLeod
Michael Grofe

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The grapheme T648 in the Maya script occurs exclusively in the Postclassic period. Whether it is a CV syllable or a CVC logogram has been in question. In this paper we resolve that issue. Also, we suggest that the Classic version of the sign is T694, which led us to query relevant environments of both versions of the grapheme. We have found a solid substitution in the Postclassic codices with which we can answer several unknown collocations in the Classic Period. We offer CVC and V values for T648/694 and demonstrate their productivity in different contexts.

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Bíró, P., MacLeod, B., & Grofe, M. (2020). Hidden in Plain Sight: The Codical Sign T648 and its Forerunner T694 in Three Classic Period Contexts. Estudios De Cultura Maya, 55, 121-150. https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm.2020.55.1017
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Péter Bíró, Investigador independiente

Húngaro. Licenciado en Historia por la Universidad de Szeged, Hungría, maestro en Estudios Mesoamericanos por la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y doctor en Arqueología por la Universidad de La Trobe en Australia. Es investigador independiente, especializado en epigrafía e historia. Desarrolla actualmente investigaciones centradas en la historia de Chichen Itzá, la etnogénesis de los itzáes y la epigrafiá y el arte de Copán. Entre sus publicaciones más recientes se  encuentran "El Templo de los Búhos de Chichén Itzá y su emplazamiento cronológico: una nueva propuesta", "The Caracol Disk of Chichen Itzá (929-932 CE): Some Thoughts on Epigraphy and Iconography" y "A New Teotiwa Lord of the South: K’ahk’ Uti’ Chan Yopat (578-628 C.E.) and the Renaissance of Copan".

bpetr30@gmail.com

Barbara MacLeod, Investigadora independiente

Estadounidense. Licenciada, maestra y doctora en Antropología por la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Es investigadora independiente, especializada en epigrafía, iconografía, lingüística e historia de la cultura maya. Desarrolla actualmente el proyecto ʺCelebrations in the Heart of the Mountainʺ. Entre sus publicaciones recientes se encuentran ʺDaylight Upon Dark Waters: A New Reading of the Digraph T501[544]ʺ y ʺRitos agrícolas mayas clásicos desarrollados en cuevasʺ.

chacbolay@mygrande.net

Michael Grofe, Sacramento City College

Estadounidense. Licenciado en Biología Marina por la Universidad de Miami, maestro en Antropología Social y Cultural por el Instituto de Estudios Integrales de California en San Francisco y doctor en Estudios Indígenas Americanos por la Universidad de California. Es profesor del Departamento de Antropología en el Sacramento City College, especializado en epigrafía y arqueoastronomía; desarrolla actualmente un proyecto centrado en la arqueoastronomía maya. Entre sus publicaciones recientes se encuentran “The Transit of Venus and the Self-Sacrifice of Hunahpu”, ʺThe Sidereal Year and the Celestial Caiman: Measuring Deep Time in Maya Inscriptionsʺ y ʺThe Copan Baseline: Katun 9.11.0.0.0 and the Three Hearthstones in Orion".

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