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ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND THE MAYA

Written by Gerardo Aldana Y Villalobos, Edwin L. Barnhart
Published by Oxbow Books in 2014
ISBN: 9781782976431

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Front cover

Cover of ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND THE MAYA by Gerardo Aldana Y Villalobos; Edwin L. Barnhart

Contents

  • Introduction: Towards an archaeoastronomy 2.0?
  • 1. Cosmic order at Chocola: implications of solar observations of the eastern horizon at Chocola, Suchitepequez, Guatemala
  • 2. Teotihuacan architecural alignments in the central Maya lowlands?
  • 3. The atronomical architecture of Palenque's Temple of the Sun
  • 4. An oracular hypothesis: the Dresden Codex Venus Table and the cultural translation of science
  • 5. Centering the world: zenith and nadir passages at Palenque
  • 6. The many faces of Venus is Mesoamerica
  • 7. Glyphs G and F: the cycle of nine, the lunar nodes, and the draconic month
  • 8. Epilogue: Mayan astronomers at work