Cosmology, calendars, and horizon-based astronomy in ancient Mesoamerica / edited by Anne S. Dowd and Susan Milbrath ; foreword by E.C. Krupp.

"This book is an interdisciplinary tour-de-force that establishes the critical role astronomy played in the religious and civic lives of the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica. Providing examples of how pre-Columbian peoples merged ideas about the cosmos with those concerning calendar and astronomy, and...

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Other Authors: Dowd, Anne S. (Editor)
Milbrath, Susan (Editor)
Krupp, E. C. (Edwin C.), 1944- (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2015]
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Physical Description:xxviii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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