Cycles of the sun, mysteries of the moon : the calendar in mesoamerican civilization.

The simple question "How did the Maya come up with a calendar that had only 260 days?" led Vincent Malmström to discover an unexpected "hearth" of Mesoamerican culture. In this boldly revisionist book, he sets forth his challenging, new view of the origin and diffusion of Mesoam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Malmstr¿̐ưm, Vincent H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
Temas:
Indian calendar > Mexico.
Indian calendar > Central America.
Maya calendar.
Indian astronomy > Mexico.
Indian astronomy > Central America.
Maya astronomy.
Calendrier des Peuples autochtones > Mexique.
Calendrier des Peuples autochtones > Amérique centrale.
Calendrier maya.
Astronomie maya.
Indian astronomy
Indian calendar
Maya astronomy
Maya calendar
Central America
Mexico
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Questions, Hypotheses, and Assorted Detours; Humans and Environment in the Americas; Strange Attraction: The Mystery of Magnetism; New Windows on the World: Working the Land and Sailing the Sea; The Olmec Dawning; The Long Count: Astronomical Precision; Calendar Reform and Eclipses: The Place of Edzn ; The Golden Age; The Twilight of the Gods; Dawn in the Desert: The Rise of the Toltecs; People of the Pleiades: The Aztec Interlude; The Long Journey: A Retrospective.

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