Harvey M. Bricker, Victoria R. Bricker

Lunar Calendars of the Pre-Columbian Maya (eBook, ePUB)

Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Volume 109, Part 1)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Pre-Columbian Maya interest in the waxing and waning of the Moon is well documented. This rare example of interdisciplinary scholarship brings together a deeply penetrating knowledge of positional astronomy and Maya hieroglyphic writing, two highly disparate areas of study, and synthesizes them into a thorough interpretation of the relationship between astronomical concepts in the Maya codices and monumental inscriptions. Prompted by the recent discovery of the Xulum 10K-2 lunar table, this volume is a logical follow-up to work published in 2011 by the Brickers, "Astronomy in the Maya Codices." It is a comprehensive study of the Maya lunar calendar. Illus.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781606180969
• Artikelnr.: 76098952

Autorenporträt

Harvey M. Bricker and Victoria R. Bricker