Currently the policy is to acquire them on a voluntary basis, there is also an issue of cost.
I think the Maya participated in the invention of writing much earlier than thought. As cities began in Mesoamerica around this time, writing was a part of that, just like public art and presentation of political ideology. It's all part of a package.
It's like trying to read some of the writing in medieval manuscripts or handwriting from the 1500s. Even though it is our same writing system we don't recognize it.
We can't read this stuff because it's so early. It's even more exotic looking than the known Mayan glyphs.
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.