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Veranstaltung

The Teotihua Writing System

Im Rahmen der XIX. Mesoamerika-Tagung 2016 in Berlin

Gordon Whittaker
Workshop

Wichtige Details

Datum / Dauer: Freitag, 15.01.2016

Sprache
Englisch/English
Durchführung
In Präsenz
Veranstaltungsort
Simón-Bolívar-Saal

Until recently, it was not at all clear whether the civilization of Teotihuacan possessed writing (as opposed to iconography and notation systems). Discoveries at two elite sites in the heart of the city have radically changed our assumptions and provided us with the first incontrovertible evidence for writing. The glyphic system of Teotihuacan is reminiscent of what we find much later in Mixtec and Aztec codices, but are the resemblances fortuitous or indicative of systemic continuity?

 

In the workshop Prof. Dr. Gordon Whittaker (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) and the participants will explore the possibilities and see where the evidence leads to.