David H. Kelley

David H. Kelley

David Humiston Kelley (April 1, 1924, Albany, New York – May 19, 2011) [1] was a Canadian American archaeologist and epigrapher, most noted for his work on the phonetic analysis and major contributions toward the decipherment of the writing system used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, the Maya script.

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Work and interests

From the late 1950s, he was one of the first Mayanist scholars to give credence to the theories of the Russian linguist and ethnographer Yuri Knorozov concerning the phonetic and syllabic nature of the Maya script, which would later lead to breakthroughs in the script's decipherment. Kelley's landmark 1962 paper, Phoneticism in the Maya Script, would provide important corroborating data of the phonetic interpretation of Maya glyphs, which ran counter to the then-prevailing view that the script lacked phonetic elements.

In addition to his work on scripts and linguistics, he worked on calendrics and archaeoastronomy, particularly on application of archaeoastronomical data to the Maya calendar correlation problem.[2][3] Kelley and Eugene Milone co-authored Exploring Ancient Skies: An Encyclopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy (Springer, 2005).

He was also interested in long-range cultural contacts, including trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic voyages ("Diffusionism").

He also published frequently on mediaeval and ancient genealogies, publishing papers on the Carolingians[4], the Jewish Exilarchs[5] and the Nibelungs [6].

Kelley was a professor emeritus in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Calgary. Before teaching at the University of Calgary, he taught during the 1960s at the University of Nebraska, and before that at Texas Tech. Studying under Alfred M. Tozzer,[2] his doctoral dissertation (1957) at Harvard was entitled "Our Elder Brother Coyote".

Published works

Academic papers and books published by Kelley include:

  • Kelley, David H. (1960). "Calendar Animals and Deities". Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 16 (3): 317–337. 
  • Kelley, David H. (1962). "A History of the Decipherment of Maya Script". Anthropological Linguistics 4: 1–48. 
  • Kelley, David H. (January 1962). "Glyphic Evidence for a Dynastic Sequence at Quirigua, Guatemala". American Antiquity (American Antiquity, Vol. 27, No. 3) 27 (3): 323–335. doi:10.2307/277799. JSTOR 277799. 
  • Kelley, David H. (1965). "The Birth of the Gods at Palenque". Estudios de Cultura Maya 27 (3): 93–134. 
  • Kelley, David H. (July 1966). "A Cylinder Seal from Tlatilco". American Antiquity (American Antiquity, Vol. 31, No. 5) 31 (5:1): 744–746. doi:10.2307/2694503. JSTOR 2694503. 
  • Kelley, David H. (1972). "The Nine Lords of the Night". Studies of the Archaeology of Mexico and Guatemala, University of California Archaeological Research 16: 58–68. 
  • Kelley, David H. : Maya Astronomical Tables and Inscriptions, Native American Astronomy. Edited versions of papers presented at a Symposium, held at Colgate University, September 23–26, 1975, Edited by Anthony F. Aveni. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1977., p. 57
  • Kelley, David H. : Deciphering the Maya Script, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1976
  • Kelley, David H. (1980). "Astronomical Identities of Mesoamerican Gods". Journal for the History of Astronomy 11 (Archaeoastronomy Supplement(2)): S1–S54. 
  • Kelley, David H. : "The Maya Calendar Correlation Problem". In :- R. M. Leventhal & A. L. Kolata (eds.) : Civilization in the Ancient Americas : Essays in Honor of Gordon R. Willey. Santa Fe : University of New Mexico Press; and Cambridge (MA) : Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1983. pp. 157–208
  • Kelley, David H. : "The Lords of Palenque and the Lords of Heaven". In :- M. G. Robertson & Virginia M. Fields (eds.) : Fifth Palenque Round Table, 1983. San Francisco : Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, 1985. pp. 235–240
  • Kelley, David H. : "Mesoamerican Astronomy and the Maya Calendar Correlation Problem". In :- Memorias de Segundo Coloquio Internacional de Mayanistas. Universidad National Autónoma de México, 1989. pp. 65–96
  • Kelley, David H. : "Tane and Sina : a Uto-Aztecan Astronomical Cult in Polynesia". In :- Bruno Illius & Matthias Laubscher : Circumpacifica : Festschrift für Thomas S. Barthel. Frankfort am Main : Verlag Peter Lang, 1990. vol. II, pp. 137–155
  • Exploring Ancient Skies: An Encyclopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy by David H. Kelley (Author), Eugene F. Milone (Author), Springer, 2005

References

  1. ^ "David Humiston Kelley". Globe and Mail. http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20110523.93265489/BDAStory/BDA/deaths. Retrieved May 23, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b http://www.atlanticconference.org/2009/bioKelley.html
  3. ^ Morris, Errol (2009-04-01). "Whose Father Was He? (Part Four)". The New York Times. http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/whose-father-was-he-part-four/. Retrieved 2010-05-01. 
  4. ^ David. H. Kelley, "A New Consideration of the Carolingians," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 101 (1947)
  5. ^ David H. Kelley, "The Political Role of Solomon, the Exilarch, c. 715–759 CE", Foundations (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy), vol. 2 (2006), nos. 1 and 2.
  6. ^ David H. Kelley, "The Nibelungs" Foundations (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy), vol. 1, no. 6

Bibliography

Coe, Michael D. (1987). The Maya (4th edition (revised) ed.). London; New York: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27455-X. OCLC 15895415. 
Coe, Michael D. (1992). Breaking the Maya Code. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05061-9. OCLC 26605966. 
Harris, John F.; and Stephen K. Stearns (1997). Understanding Maya Inscriptions: A Hieroglyph Handbook (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: University Museum Publications, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ISBN 0-924171-41-3. OCLC 34077021. 
Hennick, Calvin (2007-06-21). "Upton seeks to preserve mysterious chamber: Origin of cave a case for archeologists". The Boston Globe (The New York Times Company). http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/21/upton_seeks_to_preserve_mysterious_chamber/. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
Houston, Stephen D. (1989). Reading the Past: Maya Glyphs. London: British Museum Publications. ISBN 0-7141-8069-6. OCLC 18814390. 
Martin, Simon; and Nikolai Grube (2000). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London; New York: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05103-8. OCLC 47358325. 
Schele, Linda (1992). "A New Look at the Dynastic History of Palenque". In Victoria R. Bricker (Volume ed.), with Patricia A. Andrews. Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Vol. 5: Epigraphy. Victoria Reifler Bricker (General Editor). Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 82–109. ISBN 0-292-77650-0. OCLC 23693597. 
Schele, Linda; and David Freidel (1990). A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya (Reprint ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-688-11204-8. OCLC 145324300. 
Stengel, Marc K. (January 2000). "The Diffusionists Have Landed". The Atlantic Monthly (Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Co) 285 (1): 35–39, 42–44, 46–48. ISSN 1072-7825. OCLC 92689345. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/01/001stengel.htm. 

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