Star Gods of the Maya : : Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars /

Star Gods of the Maya : : Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars / / Susan Milbrath.

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Observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do today among contemporary Maya who maintain the traditional ways. This pathfinding book reconstructs ancient Maya astronomy and cosmology through the astronomical information encoded in Precol...

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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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Milbrath, Susan,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2000
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (382 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. CONTEMPORARY MAYA IMAGES OF THE HEAVENS
  • 2. NAKED-EYE ASTRONOMY
  • 3. PRECOLUMBIAN AND COLONIAL PERIOD MAYA SOLAR IMAGES
  • 4. PRECOLUMBIAN AND COLONIAL PERIOD LUNAR IMAGES AND DEITIES
  • 5. VENUS AND MERCURY: THE BODY DOUBLES
  • 6. THE CELESTIAL WANDERERS
  • 7. STARS, THE MILKY WAY, COMETS, AND METEORS
  • APPENDIX 1. Guide to Astronomical Identities
  • APPENDIX 2. Table of Classic Period Dates, Monuments, and Associated Astronomical Events
  • APPENDIX 3. Table for Calculating the Tzolkin Intervals
  • GLOSSARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • PLATES

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