Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient MexicoUniversity of Texas Press, 2001 M08 15 - 411 páginas From reviews of the first edition: . . . a clear, well-written introduction to archaeoastronomy ythat 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 --ArchaeoastronomySkywatchers 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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... tion that is seldom available from other sources . ( 1974 , p . 135 ) We can now understand why Sahagún makes such provocative state- ments about the deleterious effects of celestial phenomena on humankind , providing little information ...
... tion that is seldom available from other sources . ( 1974 , p . 135 ) We can now understand why Sahagún makes such provocative state- ments about the deleterious effects of celestial phenomena on humankind , providing little information ...
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... tion and contributed to it with his Numeration , Calendar Systems and As- tronomical Knowledge of the Mayas ( 1910 ) . John Teeple , a chemical engineer who dabbled in Maya hieroglyphs dur- ing long train rides to distant professional ...
... tion and contributed to it with his Numeration , Calendar Systems and As- tronomical Knowledge of the Mayas ( 1910 ) . John Teeple , a chemical engineer who dabbled in Maya hieroglyphs dur- ing long train rides to distant professional ...
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... tion studies continues . The strongest case supporting the hypothesis that pecked crosses func- tioned as astronomical orientational benchmarks comes from a pair of them nearly identical to the Teotihuacan archetype . The examples were ...
... tion studies continues . The strongest case supporting the hypothesis that pecked crosses func- tioned as astronomical orientational benchmarks comes from a pair of them nearly identical to the Teotihuacan archetype . The examples were ...
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The Historical Ethnographic and Ethnological Background | 12 |
Astronomy with the Naked Eye | 49 |
Appendices | 96 |
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