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Knorosov : el desciframiento de la escritura Maya = the decipherment of the Mayan script /

Documentary on I︠U︡riĭ V. Knorozov, who in 1952 while working at the Russian Institute of Ethnography discovered the key to the Mayan writing system. The film also includes work that Knorozov undertook in later years on the origin and migration of the Mayan people. Includes interviews with Knorozov...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Icarus Films, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico), CICEANA, Universidad de Quintana Roo
Other Authors: Knorozov, I︠U︡. V., Ruge, Tiahoga, Cáceres, Olga, Herrera F., Eduardo, Ershova, G. G. (Galina Gavrilovna), Coe, Michael D., Dreshner, Heather, Laird, Danny
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Russian
Spanish
Language Notes:In English, with some interviews in Russian and Spanish with English subtitles.
Published: Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, 2000.
Subjects:
Knorozov, I︠U︡. V.
Mayan languages > Writing.
Maya language.
Manuscripts, Maya.
Indians of Mexico > Languages > Writing.
Indians of Central America > Languages > Writing.
Mayas > Antiquities.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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Summary:Documentary on I︠U︡riĭ V. Knorozov, who in 1952 while working at the Russian Institute of Ethnography discovered the key to the Mayan writing system. The film also includes work that Knorozov undertook in later years on the origin and migration of the Mayan people. Includes interviews with Knorozov and Michael Coe, author of Breaking the Maya code.
Item Description:Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Director of photography and editor, Eduardo Herrera F. ; voices, Díana Bracho, Héctor Bonilla, Kayum Maax ; original music by Zbigniew Paleta ; consultant, Galina Ershova.