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This article is about the Canadian archaeologist and epigrapher. For the American philosopher and author, see David Kelley. For the American television and film producer, see David E. Kelley.

David Humiston Kelley (born April 1, 1924, Albany, New York) is a Canadian 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.

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 has worked on calendrics and archaeoastronomy, particularly on application of archaeoastronomical data to the Maya calendar correlation problem.[1][2] He is co-author with Eugene Milone of Exploring Ancient Skies: An Encyclopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy (Springer, 2005).

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

He has tried to establish various mediaeval and ancient genealogies. An early example is "A New Consideration of the Carolingians," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 101 (1947), and a recent example is "The Political Role of Solomon, the Exilarch, c. 715–759 CE", Foundations (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy), vol. 2 (2006), nos. 1 and 2. Still other examples are "The Nibelungs" and "The Claimed Irish Origin of the Clan Munro".

Kelley is 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,[3] his doctoral dissertation (1957) at Harvard was entitled "Our Elder Brother Coyote".

He is a descendant of the U.S. Civil War soldier Amos Humiston.[4]

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. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  • Kelley, David H. (1962). "A History of the Decipherment of Maya Script". Anthropological Linguistics. 4: 1–48. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  • Kelley, David H. (1962). "Glyphic Evidence for a Dynastic Sequence at Quirigua, Guatemala". American Antiquity. 27 (3). American Antiquity, Vol. 27, No. 3: 323–335. doi:10.2307/277799. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Kelley, David H. (1965). "The Birth of the Gods at Palenque". Estudios de Cultura Maya. 27 (3): 93–134. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  • Kelley, David H. (1966). "A Cylinder Seal from Tlatilco". American Antiquity. 31 (5:1). American Antiquity, Vol. 31, No. 5: 744–746. doi:10.2307/2694503. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  • 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  • 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. ^ http://www.atlanticconference.org/2009/bioKelley.html
  2. ^ Morris, Errol (2009-04-01). "Whose Father Was He? (Part Four)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  3. ^ http://www.atlanticconference.org/2009/bioKelley.html
  4. ^ Morris, Errol (2009-03-31). "Whose Father Was He? (Part Two)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-03-31.

Bibliography

Coe, Michael D. (1987). The Maya (4th edition (revised) ed.). London; New York: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27455-X. OCLC 15895415. {{cite book}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Coe, Michael D. (1992). Breaking the Maya Code. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05061-9. OCLC 26605966. {{cite book}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Harris, John F. (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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |coauthors= at position 5 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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. Retrieved 2007-11-09. {{cite news}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Houston, Stephen D. (1989). Reading the Past: Maya Glyphs. London: British Museum Publications. ISBN 0-7141-8069-6. OCLC 18814390. {{cite book}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Martin, Simon (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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |coauthors= at position 5 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Schele, Linda (1992). "A New Look at the Dynastic History of Palenque". In Victoria R. Bricker (Volume ed.), with Patricia A. Andrews (ed.). 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. {{cite book}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Schele, Linda (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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |coauthors= at position 5 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Stengel, Marc K. (2000). "The Diffusionists Have Landed". The Atlantic Monthly. 285 (1). Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Co: 35–39, 42–44, 46–48. ISSN 1072-7825. OCLC 92689345. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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