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158 pages

80 figures (colour throughout)

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Published Apr 2026

Archaeopress Access Archaeology

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Paperback: 9781805832652

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DOI 10.32028/9781805832652

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Pre-Columbian Americas; Maya; Writing Systems

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En torno a los c??digos mesoamericanos de comunicaci??n visual: la relaci??n entre texto e imagen

Edited by Daniel Salazar Lama, Rogelio Valencia Rivera

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An interdisciplinary study of Mesoamerican visual communication, exploring the relationship between text and image across Maya and central Mexican traditions. Drawing on new research, it reinterprets graphic systems, their meanings, and the visual thinking underlying them.

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Contents

Introducci??n ??? Daniel Salazar Lama y Rogelio Valencia Rivera

Image in Text: The Pictorial Aspect of Mesoamerican Writing Systems and the Long History of Typological Misconceptions ??? Harri Kettunen

Emblemas de la serpiente de guerra: Explorando los l??mites entre escritura e iconograf??a maya en la cer??mica estilo C??dice ??? Daniel Salazar Lama, Rogelio Valencia Rivera, Davide Domenici

Las expresiones impl??citas de la personificaci??n de dioses en textos e im??genes mayas del periodo Cl??sico ??? Felix Kupprat

El uso de determinativos sem??nticos en la iconograf??a maya como mecanismo denotativo y connotativo de la imagen ??? Rogelio Valencia Rivera

Los ojos como un lugar para el significado. Signos y textos oculares en la iconograf??a maya ??? Daniel Salazar Lama

Nombres de dioses codificados en sus im??genes en el c??dice borgia y otros c??dices adivinatorios ??? Katarzyna Mikulska

About the Author

Daniel Salazar Lama is a specialist in Mayan iconography and art history, with a particular focus on sculpture integrated into architecture from the Pre-Classical and Classical periods, as well as on mural painting and sculpted monuments. His research combines historical and artistic analysis with the use of advanced recording technologies and virtual archaeology, aimed at heritage conservation, archaeological research and the production of educational and museographic resources. He holds a Master???s degree (2014) and a PhD (2019) in Mesoamerican Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He currently works as a full-time researcher at Archa??os (Paris), a research associate at the Centre for Mexican and Central American Studies (CEMCA, Mexico) and a visiting researcher on various projects at the Arch??ologie des Am??riques laboratory (CNRS). He has widely disseminated the results of his research at international conferences and in specialist and popular science journals. His recent publications include several articles on the iconography of Calakmul (derived from the research project he currently leads), a monograph on the Balamk?? frieze, a revised version of which is due to be published shortly in the Paris Monographs in American Archaeology series (Archaeopress), and the present volume, which brings together various studies on Mesoamerican writing systems.


Rogelio Valencia Rivera holds a Master's degree in Science from the Universidad Polit??cnica de Madrid and a PhD in History specializing in American Anthropology from the Faculty of Geography and History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He has been part of the Calakmul Archaeological Project as an epigrapher since 2008. He specializes in Maya and Mesoamerican epigraphy, iconography, history and religion, with a focus on the study of the writing systems of the region and the analysis of the relationship between text and image in pre-Hispanic art. His most recent publications include: 'The Use of Semantic Determinatives in Nahuatl Writing', 'La representaci??n del espacio en el arte maya y su aplicaci??n a las pinturas de la Acr??polis de Chi???ik Nahb de Calakmul', 'Blessings for the Afterlife: Contextual Analysis of the Graffiti of Substructure II-B at Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico???, ???The Deities of Glyph C of the Maya Lunar Series as the Patron Gods of the Phases of the Moon???, and the book ???K'awiil. El dios maya del rayo, la abundancia y los gobernantes???.

en español

Daniel Salazar Lama es especialista en iconograf??a e historia del arte maya, con particular atenci??n a la escultura integrada en la arquitectura de los periodos Precl??sico y Cl??sico, as?? como a la pintura mural y a los monumentos esculpidos. Su labor de investigaci??n articula el an??lisis hist??rico-art??stico con el uso de tecnolog??as avanzadas de registro y arqueolog??a virtual, orientadas a la conservaci??n del patrimonio, la investigaci??n arqueol??gica y la producci??n de recursos educativos y museogr??ficos. Es maestro (2014) y doctor (2019) en Estudios Mesoamericanos por la Universidad Nacional Aut??noma de M??xico. Actualmente se desempe??a como investigador de tiempo completo en Archa??os (Par??s), investigador asociado del Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos (CEMCA, M??xico) e investigador invitado en diversos proyectos del laboratorio Arch??ologie des Am??riques (CNRS). Ha difundido ampliamente los resultados de sus investigaciones en congresos internacionales y en revistas cient??ficas especializadas y de divulgaci??n. Entre sus publicaciones recientes destacan varios art??culos dedicados a la iconograf??a de Calakmul (derivados del proyecto de investigaci??n que actualmente dirige), una monograf??a sobre el friso de Balamk??, cuya versi??n revisada ser?? pr??ximamente publicada en la serie Paris Monographs in American Archaeology (Archaeopress), y el presente volumen, que re??ne diversos estudios sobre los sistemas mesoamericanos de escritura.

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Rogelio Valencia Rivera es Maestro en Ciencias por la Universidad Polit??cnica de Madrid y doctor en Historia con especialidad en Antropolog??a Americana por la Facultad de Geograf??a e Historia de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Forma parte del Proyecto Arqueol??gico Calakmul como epigrafista desde el 2008. Est?? especializado en epigraf??a, iconograf??a, historia y religi??n mayas y mesoamericanas, con ??nfasis en el estudio de los sistemas de escritura de dicha ??rea y en el an??lisis de la relaci??n entre texto e imagen en las representaciones pl??sticas prehisp??nicas. Entre sus publicaciones m??s recientes se encuentran: ???The Use of Semantic Determinatives in Nahuatl Writing???, ???La representaci??n del espacio en el arte maya y su aplicaci??n a las pinturas de la Acr??polis de Chi???ik Nahb de Calakmul???, ???Blessings for the Afterlife: Contextual Analysis of the Graffiti of Substructure II-B at Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico???, ???The deities of Glyph C of the Maya Lunar Series as the patron gods of the phases of the moon??? y el libro ???K???awiil. El dios maya del rayo, la abundancia y los gobernantes???.