Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 392 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
Mesoamerican worlds |
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Mesoamerican worlds.
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Contents |
The correlation between the colonial northern Zapotec and Gregorian calendars / John Justeson and David Tavárez -- Kirchhoff's correlations and the third part of the Codex Borbonicus / Edward E. Calnek -- When was the Dresden Codex Venus table efficacious? / Harvey M. Bricker and Victoria R. Bricker -- Moon woman meets the stars : a new reading of the lunar almanacs in the Dresden Codex / Dennis Tedlock and Barbara Tedlock -- Astronomical cycles in the imagery of Codex Borgia 29-46 / Susan Milbrath -- The measure of man / Clemency Coggins -- A multi-year Tukapu calendar / Gary Urton -- Solar and lunar observations in the Inca calendar / R. Tom Zuidema -- Cosmology, calendar, and temple orientations in ancient Hawai'i / Clive Ruggles -- Calendrical cycles, the eighth day of the world, and the orientation of English churches / Stephen C. McCluskey -- High fashion / Edwin C. Krupp |
Notes |
"This volume is the product of a symposium held in the fall of 2003 at Colgate University, New York"--Page [v] |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Archaeoastronomy -- Congresses
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Astronomy, Ancient -- Congresses
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Archaeoastronomy
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Astronomy, Ancient
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Aveni, Anthony F.
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Ruggles, C. L. N. (Clive L. N.), editor.
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Urton, Gary, 1946- editor.
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LC no. |
2007029308 |
ISBN |
9780870819803 |
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0870819801 |
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9780870818875 |
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0870818872 |
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