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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxbow Books Ltd
Publication date
July 31, 2014
Pages
165
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781782976431
ISBN-10
1782976434
Dimensions
0.50 by 8 by 10.50 in.
Weight
1.40 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$49.99
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Maya Archaeology 3: Featuring the Grolier Codex | The Maya | Archaeoastronomy | Palenque | Popol Vuh | Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica | Celestial Geometry | The Code of Kings | The Origins of Maya States
Maya Archaeology 3: Featuring the Grolier Codex | The Maya | Archaeoastronomy | Palenque | Popol Vuh | Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica | Celestial Geometry | The Code of Kings | The Origins of Maya States
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Archaeoastronomy and the Maya illustrates archaeoastronomical approaches to ancient Mayan cultural production. The book is contextualized through a history of archaeoastronomical investigations into Mayan sites, originating in the 19th century discovery of astronomical tables within hieroglyphic books. Early 20th century archaeological excavations revealed inscriptions carved into stone that also preserved astronomical records, along with architecture that was built to reflect astronomical orientations.
These materials provided the basis of a growing professionalized archaeoastronomy, blossoming in the 1970s and expanding into recent years. The chapters here exemplify the advances made in the field during the early 21st century as well as the on-going diversity of approaches, presenting new perspectives and discoveries in ancient Mayan astronomy that result from recent studies of architectural alignments, codices, epigraphy, iconography, ethnography, and calendrics. More than just investigations of esoteric ancient sciences, studies of ancient Mayan astronomy have profoundly aided our understanding of Mayan worldviews. Concepts of time and space, meanings encoded in religious art, intentions underlying architectural alignments, and even methods of political legitimization are all illuminated through the study of Mayan astronomy.
These materials provided the basis of a growing professionalized archaeoastronomy, blossoming in the 1970s and expanding into recent years. The chapters here exemplify the advances made in the field during the early 21st century as well as the on-going diversity of approaches, presenting new perspectives and discoveries in ancient Mayan astronomy that result from recent studies of architectural alignments, codices, epigraphy, iconography, ethnography, and calendrics. More than just investigations of esoteric ancient sciences, studies of ancient Mayan astronomy have profoundly aided our understanding of Mayan worldviews. Concepts of time and space, meanings encoded in religious art, intentions underlying architectural alignments, and even methods of political legitimization are all illuminated through the study of Mayan astronomy.
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With Gerardo Aldana (other contributor), Edwin L. Barnhart (other contributor) |
from Oxbow Books Ltd (July 31, 2014)
9781782976431 | details & prices | 165 pages | 8.00 × 10.50 × 0.50 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $49.99
About: Archaeoastronomy and the Maya illustrates archaeoastronomical approaches to ancient Mayan cultural production.
About: Archaeoastronomy and the Maya illustrates archaeoastronomical approaches to ancient Mayan cultural production.
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