Seler

American  

[zey-luhr] / ˈzeɪ lər /

noun

1. Eduard 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.

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Example Sentences

Moreover, this supposition on the part of Dr Seler is in direct conflict with his statement in the immediately preceding paragraph.

From Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. by Thomas, Cyrus

Dr Seler thinks, however, that the Maya names were derived, as above stated, from im.

From Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. by Thomas, Cyrus

The most excellent and exhaustive treatment by Dr. Seler would seem to render the present paper unnecessary.

From Animal Figures in the Maya Codices by Tozzer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marston)

Dr Seler does not attempt an explanation of the Tzental term, but Dr Brinton says that it means in that dialect and in Cakchiquel, “luck, fate, fortune.”

From Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. by Thomas, Cyrus

But it is more likely that it has direct reference to the wind which accompanies the rain storm rather than to “fruitfulness,” as Seler supposes.

From Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. by Thomas, Cyrus