Map of the Mayance Nations and Languages.
Gates, William, 1863-1940 Contributor.
Maya Society Creator.
cartographic
Guatemala : National Printing Office,
1934.
eng
This circa-1934 map, prepared for Maya Society Quarterly and printed by the National Printing Office, Guatemala, shows the distribution of the Mayance (Mayan) nations and languages in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, and western Honduras in the period from about 1000 to 1500. The map is based on the research of William E. Gates (1863--1940), an American Mayanist and collector of Mesoamerican manuscripts who worked for many decades on deciphering Maya hieroglyphic writing. Among the languages mapped by Gates are Maya (now known as Yucatec Maya), Cholti, Q'eqchi', and Huastec. Shown on the map are language boundaries, ancient place-names, and trails and ancient roads, along with modern state boundaries, place-names, railroads, and other geographic features.
Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 30 x 38 centimeters.
Columbus Memorial Library, Organization of American States.
Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
1000 to 1500
Indians of Central America Indians of Mexico Indigenous peoples Mayan languages Mayas Mesoamerica
Belize
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
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