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

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"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]
Subjects:	Maya astronomy. Aztec astronomy. Archaeoastronomy. Indigenous calendar. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
Physical Description:	xxviii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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