Maya Calendar Origins : : Monuments, Mythistory, and the Materialization of Time / / Prudence M. Rice.

In Maya Political Science: Time, Astronomy, and the Cosmos, Prudence M. Rice proposed a new model of Maya political organization in which geopolitical seats of power rotated according to a 256-year calendar cycle known as the May. This fundamental connection between timekeeping and Maya political or...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Note on Orthography and Dates
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 In the Beginning
  • 3 Mesoamerican Calendrics
  • 4 Maya Calendar Developments in Broader Context
  • 5 Middle and Late Preclassic
  • 6 Late Preclassic
  • 7 The Early Maya Lowlands
  • 8 Early Lowland Maya Intellectual Culture
  • 9 The Materialization and Politicization of Time
  • Notes
  • References Cited
  • Index