Archaeoastronomy and the Maya /

Archaeoastronomy and the Maya illustrates archaeoastronomical approaches to ancient Mayan cultural production. The book is contextualized through a history of archaeoastronomical investigations into Mayan sites, originating in the 19th century discovery of astronomical tables within hieroglyphic boo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Aldana y Villalobos, Gerardo (Author, Editor)
Other Authors: Barnhart, Edwin Lawrence (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2014.
Subjects:
Maya astronomy.
Archaeoastronomy > Central America.
Archaeoastronomy > Mexico.
Astronomie maya.
Archéoastronomie > Amérique centrale.
Archéoastronomie > Mexique.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Archaeoastronomy.
Central America.
Mexico.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Towards an archaeoastronomy 2.0? / Gerardo Aldana y Villalobos
  • Cosmic order at Chocolá : implications of solar observations of the eastern horizon at Chocolá, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala / Harold H. Green
  • Teotihuacan architectural alignments in the central Maya lowlands? / Ivan Sprajc
  • The astronomical architecture of Palenque's Temple of the Sun / Alonso Mendez, Carol Karasik, Edwin L. Barnhart and Christopher Powell
  • An oracular hypothesis : the Dresden Codex Venus table and the cultural translation of science / Gerardo Aldana y Villalobos
  • Centering the world : zenith and nadir passages at Palenque / Alonso Mendez and Carol Karasik
  • The many faces of Venus in Mesoamerica / Susan Milbrath
  • Glyphs G and F : the cycle of nine, the lunar nodes, and the draconic month / Michael J. Grofe
  • Epilogue : Mayan astronomers at work / Gerardo Aldana y Villalobos.

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