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Skywatchers

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University of TEXAS Press, 2001 - 411 pages

From reviews of the first edition:

". . . a clear, well-written introduction to archaeoastronomy [that] should be on the shelf of anyone interested in the subject."

—Archaeology

". . . a splendid book, interesting both as science and as history."

—Sky and Telescope

". . . a well-written, stimulating, and excellently illustrated book. Buy it or borrow it!"

—Archaeoastronomy

Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico helped establish the field of archaeoastronomy, and it remains the standard introduction to this subject. Combining basic astronomy with archaeological and ethnological data, it presented a readable and entertaining synthesis of all that was known of ancient astronomy in the western hemisphere as of 1980.

In this revised edition, Anthony Aveni draws on his own and others' discoveries of the past twenty years to bring the Skywatchers story up to the present. He offers new data and interpretations in many areas, including:

  • The study of Mesoamerican time and calendrical systems and their unprecedented continuity in contemporary Mesoamerican culture
  • The connections between Precolumbian religion, astrology, and scientific, quantitative astronomy
  • The relationship between Highland Mexico and the world of the Maya and the state of Pan-American scientific practices
  • The use of personal computer software for computing astronomical data

With this updated information, Skywatchers will serve a new generation of general and scholarly readers and will be useful in courses on archaeoastronomy, astronomy, history of astronomy, history of science, anthropology, archaeology, and world religions.

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Review: Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico

User Review  - Kevin - Goodreads

sometimes impenetrable, he still hasn't figured out the orientation of monte alban's temple j. still, this book is vastly intriguing, and offers up a heady continual portal to sky-knowledge encryption Read full review

Review: Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico

User Review  - Adam K - Goodreads

This book is GREAT! It assumes going into the book you have some sorta knowledge of constellations, planet locations, and things of that nature, but if you don't, I don't think it'll leave you at much ... Read full review

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References to this book

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References from web pages

Aveni, Skywatchers, University of Texas Press
An introduction to archaeoastronomy, focusing on Mesoamerica
www.utexas.edu/ utpress/ books/ avesk2.html

JSTOR: Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico
However, Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico is the first at- tempt to synthesize existing information and recent theo- ries on the subject, with the result which ...
links.jstor.org/ sici?sici=0095-182X(198223%2F24)6%3A3%2F4%3C377%3ASOAM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B

AR315 (Archaeoastronomy)
On the motions of Venus see Skywatchers pp 80-84. ... See also Skywatchers pp. 265-70. ... For the broader context see Skywatchers, pp. 222-35. ...
www.le.ac.uk/ archaeology/ rug/ AR315/ lec6.html

Dr. Anthony Aveni: Books:
Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico helped establish the field of ... With this updated information, Skywatchers will serve a new generation of general and ...
anthonyfaveni.com/ books/ skywatchers.html

astronomers
Anthony Aveni, Skywatchers (University of Texas Press, 2001). ... This is a new edition of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, one of the books that established ...
members.shaw.ca/ mjfinley/ astronomers.html

Mexico Discovery, Archaeoastronomy, Archaeology
"Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico" helped establish the field of ... In this revised edition of "Skywatchers", Anthony Aveni draws on his own and others' ...
www.traveltraveltravel.com/ mex_mexicodiscovery.htm

Untitled Document
In Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, University of Texas Press, Austin, pp. 294? .... 2001 Skywatchers. A revised and updated version of Skywatchers of Ancient ...
cml.upenn.edu/ tierrasajama/ Sajama_English/ res/ ref.htm

Maya-Aztec Reading: A Mesoamerican Astrology Annotated ...
In Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico Aveni breaks down the material into ... In my opinion, Skywatchers is the best reference book on Mesoamerican astronomy. ...
www.astrology.com/ maya_articles/ mesolist7.html

Chicago Journals - Isis
Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico ... When it appeared more than twenty years ago, Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico ...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/ cgi-bin/ resolve?id=doi:10.1086/ 375981

MAYA AND MESOAMERICAN ARCHAEOASTRONOMY
... of American Ethnology, Bulletin #57 (An Introduction to the Study of Maya Heiroglyphs, Dover Reprint), and from Aveni, Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico ...
www.tulane.edu/ ~danny/ maya.html

About the author (2001)

Anthony Aveni is the Russell B. Colgate Professor of Astronomy and Anthropology at Colgate University and the author of several books, including Empires of Time and Conversing with the Planets.

Bibliographic information

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TitleSkywatchers
AuthorAnthony F. Aveni
Edition2, illustrated, revised
PublisherUniversity of TEXAS Press, 2001
ISBN0292705026, 9780292705029
Length411 pages
  
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