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Yaxchilán,
State Chiapas, México Structure 22: Lintel 22 (detail) Early Classic (200-600 AD) & later V-VI centuries AD & later |
Comments: Glyphs (or "hieroglyphs") are the basic components of Maya writing. Some glyphs are logographs, that is signs that represent whole words (for example, the head of a quetzal bird that reads k'uk', "quetzal"); others are syllables that spell words phonetically. |
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