Ruggles, Clive.

Skywatching in the Ancient World : New Perspectives in Cultural Astronomy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (417 pages) - Mesoamerican Worlds Series . - Mesoamerican Worlds Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editors' Note -- Introduction -- 1: The Correlation between the Colonial Northern Zapotec and Gregorian Calendars -- 2: Kirchhoff's Correlations and the Third Part of the Codex Borbonicus -- 3: When Was the Dresden Codex Venus Table Efficacious? -- 4: Moon Woman Meets the Stars -- 5: Astronomical Cycles in the Imagery of Codex Borgia 29-46 -- 6: The Measure of Man -- 7: A Multi-Year Tukapu Calendar -- 8: Solar and Lunar Observations in the Inca Calendar -- 9: Cosmology, Calendar, and Temple Orientations in Ancient Hawai' -- 10: Calendrical Cycles, the Eighth Day of the World, and the Orientation of English Churches -- 11: High Fashion -- Contributors -- Index.

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Astronomy, Ancient.


Electronic books.

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