Nik The Maya Zero

Through the seed of this beautifully illustrated book, Guatemala-based knowledge holder José Mucía Batz Lem (Maya Kaqchikel), invites Maya descendants and other readers to enter the rich world of Maya philosophy, language, and mathematics on a journey of discovery of Nik, the Maya zero. Through his quest to decipher the complex diversity of Maya glyphs and spoken languages, codices, and numerals, Batz Lem shares the immensely profound yet practical nature of Maya traditional knowledge, place-based science, timekeeping, and cyclical rituals- all through the framework of the Maya Nik.