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  Gordon Whittaker describes the Aztec writing system in //Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs//[(// Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs: A Guide To Nahuatl Writing//, p. 22)]:
-> Outside the Maya area, iconography is the rule, not the exception. It is an effective medium because it is monumental in and of itself - it can be recognized and evaluated from a distance, by a diverse crowd assembling in a public area, whereas written text is characteristically viewed close-up, and access to it can be limited by such factors as education and status. Iconography is interpreted, not read, with the help of words chosen by the beholder, whereas writing is read with words chosen by the author. In most Mesoamerican societies, including that I'd the Aztecs, the two systems coexist, in much the same way as illustrations and text occur together in present-day books and newspapers...
+> Outside the Maya area, iconography is the rule, not the exception. It is an effective medium because it is monumental in and of itself - it can be recognized and evaluated from a distance, by a diverse crowd assembling in a public area, whereas written text is characteristically viewed close-up, and access to it can be limited by such factors as education and status. Iconography is interpreted, not read, with the help of words chosen by the beholder, whereas writing is read with words chosen by the author. In most Mesoamerican societies, including that of the Aztecs, the two systems coexist, in much the same way as illustrations and text occur together in present-day books and newspapers...
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