Skywatching in the Ancient World : New Perspectives in Cultural Astronomy Paperback / softback
by Gary Urton
Edited by Clive Ruggles, Gary Urton
Paperback / softback
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Compiled in honor of Anthony F. Aveni, America's leading archaeoastronomer, Skywatching in the Ancient World offers state-of-the-art work in cultural astronomy by well-known experts in Mayan glyphic studies, cultural history, ethnohistory, and the history of science and of religions.
This collection's wide range of outstanding scholarship reveals that cultural astronomy has come into its own.
The diverse topics addressed by the contributors include the correlation between Colonial Northern Zapotec and Gregorian calendars, the period of use of the Dresden Codex Venus table and the significance of the Lunar Almanacs that precede it, a new interpretation of an Inka tapestry mantle as a commemorative calendar, temple orientations in Hawai'i and church orientations in Medieval England, and the connection in cultural imagery between astronomers (science) and wizards (magic).
Contributors include: Harvey M. Bricker, Victoria R. Bricker, Edward E. Calnek, Clemency Coggins, John Justeson, Edwin C. Krupp, Stephen C. McCluskey, Susan Milbrath, Clive Ruggles, David Tavarez, Barbara Tedlock, Dennis Tedlock, Gary Urton, and R.
Tom Zuidema. Mesoamerican Worlds Series
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:University Press of Colorado
- Publication Date:01/12/2010
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- ISBN:9781607320777
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:University Press of Colorado
- Publication Date:01/12/2010
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- ISBN:9781607320777
