Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon : The Calendar in Mesoamerican Civilization.
Malmström, Vincent H.
Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon : The Calendar in Mesoamerican Civilization. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (304 pages)
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Questions, Hypotheses, and Assorted Detours -- 2. Humans and Environment in the Americas -- 3. Strange Attraction: The Mystery of Magnetism -- 4. New Windows on the World: Working the Land and Sailing the Sea -- 5. The Olmec Dawning -- 6. The Long Count: Astronomical Precision -- 7. Calendar Reform and Eclipses: The Place of Edzná -- 8. The Golden Age -- 9. The Twilight of the Gods -- 10. Dawn in the Desert: The Rise of the Toltecs -- 11. People of the Pleiades: The Aztec Interlude -- 12. The Long Journey: A Retrospective -- References -- Index.
A new view of the origin and diffusion of Mesoamerican calendrical systems.
9780292792630
Indian calendar -- Mexico.
Indian calendar -- Central America.
Maya calendar.
Indian astronomy -- Mexico.
Indian astronomy -- Central America.
Maya astronomy.
Electronic books.
F1219
Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon : The Calendar in Mesoamerican Civilization. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (304 pages)
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Questions, Hypotheses, and Assorted Detours -- 2. Humans and Environment in the Americas -- 3. Strange Attraction: The Mystery of Magnetism -- 4. New Windows on the World: Working the Land and Sailing the Sea -- 5. The Olmec Dawning -- 6. The Long Count: Astronomical Precision -- 7. Calendar Reform and Eclipses: The Place of Edzná -- 8. The Golden Age -- 9. The Twilight of the Gods -- 10. Dawn in the Desert: The Rise of the Toltecs -- 11. People of the Pleiades: The Aztec Interlude -- 12. The Long Journey: A Retrospective -- References -- Index.
A new view of the origin and diffusion of Mesoamerican calendrical systems.
9780292792630
Indian calendar -- Mexico.
Indian calendar -- Central America.
Maya calendar.
Indian astronomy -- Mexico.
Indian astronomy -- Central America.
Maya astronomy.
Electronic books.
F1219