Tuuvi
10-30-2012, 23:13
I have to write a research paper for an English class, and I'm having a hard time finding answers to my research question.
I want to find out why writing wasn't adopted from the Maya by other cultures, when there was a lot of cultural diffusion in Mesoamerica and the Maya influenced the other civilizations in the area and vice versa.
Does anyone have an idea of what I need to research in order to find out? So far I've researched the pictograph systems used in place of writing but none of the sources explain why the Aztecs, etc. used pictographs instead of true writing.
Thanks.
I want to find out why writing wasn't adopted from the Maya by other cultures, when there was a lot of cultural diffusion in Mesoamerica and the Maya influenced the other civilizations in the area and vice versa.
Does anyone have an idea of what I need to research in order to find out? So far I've researched the pictograph systems used in place of writing but none of the sources explain why the Aztecs, etc. used pictographs instead of true writing.
Thanks.