Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon : : The Calendar in Mesoamerican Civilization /

Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon : : The Calendar in Mesoamerican Civilization / / Vincent H. Malmström.

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 Mesoame...

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Malmström, Vincent H.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2022]
©1996
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Questions, Hypotheses, and Assorted Detours
  • Chapter 2. Humans and Environment in the Americas
  • Chapter 3. Strange Attraction: The Mystery of Magnetism
  • Chapter 4. New Windows on the World: Working the Land and Sailing the Sea
  • Chapter 5. The Olmec Dawning
  • Chapter 6. The Long Count: Astronomical Precision
  • Chapter 7. Calendar Reform and Eclipses: The Place of Edzna
  • Chapter 8. The Golden Age
  • Chapter 9. The Twilight of the Gods
  • Chapter 10. Dawn in the Desert: The Rise of the Toltecs
  • Chapter 11. People of the Pleiades: The Aztec Interlude
  • Chapter 12. The Long Journey: A Retrospective
  • References
  • Index

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