Abstract
None of the native writing systems in the New World has reached the stage of a ‘complete writing system’ capable of fully mirroring a language. We are dealing with all levels of ‘partial writing systems’, that is to say, with incomplete systems which attempted in various ways to graphically set down segments of a richer oral transmission.
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Barthel T.S. (1977) Writing Systems. In: Sebeok T.A. (eds) Native Languages of the Americas. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1562-0_2
Abstract
Results of chemical analyses on residues collected from ceramic vessels found in an Early Classic period Maya tomb revealed that certain of the residues contained theobromine and caffeine, a clear indication that the corresponding vessels once contained cacao in some form.
Résumé
Résumé#N#Se comentan los resultados de análisis químicos efectuados sobre residuos recogidos de vasijas ceramicas encontradas en una tumba maya del período Clasico Temprano. Estudios revelaron que ciertos de los residuos contenían theobromina y cafeina, lo cual es una indicación clara que dichas vasijas alguna vez contuvieron cacao en alguna forma.