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Archaeoastronomy and the Maya by Aldana y Villalobos, Gerardo;Barnhart, Edwin Lawrence; is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Archaeoastronomy and the Maya about?
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,
Who reads Archaeoastronomy and the Maya?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Aldana y Villalobos, Gerardo;Barnhart, Edwin Lawrence;
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC; Oxbow Books
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781782976462
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Science, Astronomy
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