Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anne S. Dowd, Susan Milbrath.
• Editors: Dowd, Anne S; Milbrath, Susan
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-Cover' class='sequence-1'>Cover <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-2'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xi' class='sequence-3'>Figures <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xix' class='sequence-4'>Tables <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xxi' class='sequence-5'>Foreword: Astronomy, Anthropology, and Anthony Aveni <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xxv' class='sequence-6'>Preface <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xxix' class='sequence-7'>Acknowledgments <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-1' class='sequence-8'>Part I: Introduction <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-3' class='sequence-9'>1. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-17' class='sequence-10'>Part II: Horizon-Based Astronomy <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-19' class='sequence-11'>2. Pyramids Marking Time: Anthony F. Aveni's Contribution to the Study of Astronomical Alignments in Mesoamerican Architecture <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-37' class='sequence-12'>3. Maya Architectural Hierophanies <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-77' class='sequence-13'>4. Mountain of Sustenance: Site Organization at Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl and Mesoamerican Concepts of Space and Time <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-99' class='sequence-14'>Part III: Cosmological Principles <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-101' class='sequence-15'>5. The North Celestial Pole in Ancient Mesoamerica <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-139' class='sequence-16'>6. A Seasonal Calendar in the Codex Borgia <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-163' class='sequence-17'>7. Iconography and Metaphorical Expressions Pertaining to Eclipses: A Perspective from Postclassic and Colonial Maya Manuscripts <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-197' class='sequence-18'>8. The Maya Deluge Myth and Dresden Codex Page 74: Not the End but the Eternal Regeneration of the World <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-227' class='sequence-19'>Part IV: Calendar Records <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-229' class='sequence-20'>9. The Ancient Maya Moon: Calendar and Character <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-249' class='sequence-21'>10. Pecked Circles and Divining Boards: Calculating Instruments in Ancient Mesoamerica <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-265' class='sequence-22'>11. The 'Las Bocas Mosaic' and Mesoamerican Astro-Calendrics: 'Calculator' or Hoax? <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-285' class='sequence-23'>12. Some Alternative Eclipse Periodicities in Maya Codices <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-301' class='sequence-24'>13. Modeling Indigenous Mesoamerican Eclipse Theory <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-351' class='sequence-25'>Part V: Conclusion <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-353' class='sequence-26'>14. Maya Books and Buildings at Baktun's End <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-363' class='sequence-27'>Contributors <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-371' class='sequence-28'>Index.
• Publisher Details: Louisville : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (440 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Archaeology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781607323792
• Related ISBNs: 9781607323785; 9781646420766
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