Gordon Whittaker - The Teotihua Writing System

Im Rahmen der XIX. Mesoamerika-Tagung 2016 in Berlin

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.

Veranstaltungsort und Adresse

Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (Simón-Bolívar-Saal), Potsdamer Str. 37, 10785 Berlin

    15. Januar 2016

  • Fr
    15.01.2016
    14:00

Gordon Whittaker - The Teotihua Writing System

Diese Veranstaltung in Berlin (Tiergarten, Bezirk Mitte) wurde von Ibero-Amerikanisches-Institut veröffentlicht. Gordon Whittaker - The Teotihua Writing System ist den Rubriken Workshop, Lateinamerika und Archäologie zugeordnet.