Skywatching in the ancient world : new perspectives in cultural astronomy : studies in honor of Anthony F. Aveni / edited by Clive Ruggles and Gary Urton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aveni, Anthony F.

Ruggles, C. L. N. (Clive L. N.)

Urton, Gary, 1946-

Series:

Mesoamerican worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeoastronomy.

Astronomy, Ancient.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2007]

Summary:

Compiled in honor of Anthony F. Aveni, America's leading archaeoastronomer, Skywatching in the Ancient World offers state-of-the-art work in cultural astronomy by well-known experts in Mayan glyphic studies, cultural history, ethnohistory, and the history of science and of religions. This collection's wide range of outstanding scholarship reveals that cultural astronomy has come into its own. The diverse topics addressed by the contributors include the correlation between Colonial Northern Zapotec and Gregorian calendars, the Dresden Codex Venus table, new interpretations of the Lunar Almanacs in the Dresden Codex, the Tukapu and Inca calendars, temple and church orientations in ancient Hawai?i and Medieval England, and the connection in cultural imagery between astronomers (science) and wizards (magic).

Contents:

A Partner's Perspective / Lorraine Aveni xvii

1 The Correlation between the Colonial Northern Zapotec and Gregorian Calendars / John Justeson, David Tavarez 17

2 Kirchhoff's Correlations and the Third Part of the Codex Borbonicus / Edward E. Calnek 83

3 When Was the Dresden Codex Venus Table Efficacious? / Harvey M. Bricker, Victoria R. Bricker 95

4 Moon Woman Meets the Stars: A New Reading of the Lunar Almanacs in the Dresden Codex / Dennis Tedlock, Barbara Tedlock 121

5 Astronomical Cycles in the Imagery of Codex Borgia 29-46 / Susan Milbrath 157

6 The Measure of Man / Clemency Coggins 209

7 A Multi-Year Tukapu Calendar / Gary Urton 245

8 Solar and Lunar Observations in the Inca Calendar / R. Tom Zuidema 269

9 Cosmology, Calendar, and Temple Orientations in Ancient Hawai'i / Clive Ruggles 287

10 Calendrical Cycles, the Eighth Day of the World, and the Orientation of English Churches / Stephen C. McCluskey 331

11 High Fashion / Edwin C. Krupp 355.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780870818875

0870818872

OCLC:

156891975