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Mayan literature is among the oldest in the world, spanning an astonishing two millennia from deep pre-Columbian antiquity to the present day. Here, for the first time, is a fully illustrated survey, from the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions to the works of later writers using the Roman alphabet. Dennis Tedlock-ethnographer, linguist, poet, and award-winning author-draws on decades of living and working among the Maya to assemble this groundbreaking book, which is the first to treat ancient Mayan texts as literature. Tedlock considers the texts chronologically. He establishes that women were among the ancient writers and challenges the idea that Mayan rulers claimed the status of gods. 2000 Years of Mayan Literature expands our understanding and appreciation not only of Mayan literature but of indigenous American literature in its entirety.

Mayan literature --- Languages & Literatures --- Native American & Hyperborean Languages --- Central American literature --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- ancient literature. --- ancient mayan texts. --- anthropology. --- chilam balam. --- colonial latin america. --- early mayan writing. --- ethnography. --- graffiti. --- hieroglyphic inscriptions. --- history. --- indigenous american literature. --- indigenous peoples. --- lady shark fin. --- language of suyua. --- linguistics. --- literary. --- maya. --- mayan literature. --- moon woman. --- native americans. --- poetry. --- pre colombian antiquity. --- rattlesnakes of the city of three stones. --- roman alphabet. --- temple of the sun eyed shield. --- temple of the tree of yellow corn. --- thunderstorm. --- women writers.