The Controversial Claim (by Han Ping Chen) of a Relationship Between Mesoamerican and Chinese Writing Systems
• Article by U.S. News
• Academic bulletinboard discussion about Han Ping Chen's claims
Decipherment of the Recently Discovered Writing System at Teotihuacán, Mexico
• King, Timothy and Sergio Gómez-Chávez "Avances en el Desciframiento de la Escritura Jeroglífica de Teotihuacan" (pp. 201-244) in La costa del Golfo en tiempos teotihuacanos: propuestas y perspectivas - Memoria de la Segunda Mesa redonda de Teotihuacan, María Elena Ruiz Gallut and Arturo Pascual Soto eds. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico, 2004.
• Taube, Karl "The Writing System of Ancient Teotihuacan" in Ancient America1. Center for Ancient American Studies, 2000. Amazon.com link Publisher link
The Writing System of the Early Zapotecs
• Joyce Marcus. Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient Civilizations. Princeton University Press, 1992. Amazon.com link
The Recently Discovered Olmec "Cascajal Block" Text
• A nice downloadable (PDF) overview of the Cascajal Block on Mesoweb.com
• The Wikipedia article on the Cascajal Block Text (includes illustration of the glyphic text).
The Earliest (Securely) Dated Writing in Mesoamerica - Materials from the Olmec Site of San Andrés
• Mary Pohl, Kevin Pope, and Christopher von Nagy. "Olmec Origins of Mesoamerican Writing" in Science vol. 289: 1984-1987, 2002.
The Decipherment of Epi-Olmec (late Olmec) Writing at the Site of La Mojarra
• John S. Justeson and Terrence Kaufman. "A Decipherment of Epi-Olmec Hieroglyphic Writing" in Science vol. 259: 1703-1711, 1993.
Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
A good history of the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing
• Michael Coe. Breaking the Maya Code. Thames and Hudson, NY, 1992. Amazon.com link
A few great books on how to read Maya hieroglyphic writing
• John F. Harris and Stephen K. Stearns. Understanding Maya Inscriptions: A Hieroglyph Handbook. The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, 1997. Amazon.com link
• Michael Coe and Mark van Stone. Reading The Maya Glyphs. Thames and Hudson, NY, 2001. Amazon.com link
• John Montgomery. How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs. Hippocrene Books Inc, NY, 2004. Amazon.com link
Catalogs and dictionaries of Maya hieroglyphs
• J. Eric S. Thompson. A Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1962. Amazon.com link
• John Montgomery. Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs. Hippocrene Books Inc., NY, 2002. Amazon.com link
• John F. Harris. New and Recent Maya Hieroglyph Readings: A Supplement to Understanding Maya Inscriptions. The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, 1993. Amazon.com link
Great Online Resources
• An amazing online photo database of Maya illustrated ceramics by Justin Kerr - Link
• An amazing online photo database of Mesoamerican artifacts by Justin Kerr - Link
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