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[A complex, carefully argued, and convincing reassessment of Maya archaeoastronomy, cosmology, and writing. . . .This new analysis reveals the historically contextualized human agency of Maya kings and provides a more sophisticated description of the functions of Maya astronomers. --Choice Magazine "This book represents a major step in looking at the intellectual development of Maya astronomy in a particular historical context and reflects the emerging new understanding of Maya science."--ISIS The Apotheosis of Janaab' Pakal takes up anew the riddles within a number of Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions first recognized by Floyd Lounsbury. Gerardo Aldana unpacks these mathematical riddles using an approach grounded in a reading of the texts made possible by recent advances in decipherment. Using a history of science methodology, he expands upon (and sometimes questions) the foundational work of archaeoastronomers. Aldana follows three lines of investigation: a reading of the hieroglyphic inscriptions of the Classic period (a.d. 250-900), mathematical analysis to recover Classic Maya astronomical practice, and a historiography of Maya astronomy. Quoted hieroglyphs appear throughout the

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Author

Aldana y Villalobos, Gerardo

Publisher

University Press of Colorado

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781607320715

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Science, Language Learning