The measure and meaning of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes / Anthony F. Aveni, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aveni, Anthony F., editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia

Dumbarton Oaks pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time--Social aspects--Central America--History--Congresses.

Time.

Time--Social aspects--Andes Region--History--Congresses.

Indians of Central America--Social life and customs--Congresses.

Indians of Central America.

Mayas--Social life and customs--Congresses.

Mayas.

Indians of South America--Andes Region--Social life and customs--Congresses.

Indians of South America.

Indian chronology--Congresses.

Indian chronology.

Maya chronology--Congresses.

Maya chronology.

Indian calendar--Central America--History--Congresses.

Indian calendar.

Indian calendar--Andes Region--History--Congresses.

Maya calendar--History--Congresses.

Maya calendar.

Indians of Central America--Social life and customs.

Indians of South America--Social life and customs.

Mayas--Social life and customs.

Time--Social aspects.

History.

Manners and customs.

Andes Region.

Central America.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 315 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2015]

Contents:

Timely themes : an introduction to the measure and meaning of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes / Anthony F. Aveni

From counting down to counting out : on the relationship between apocalyptic and normal time in the Western passion for precise time measurement / Richard Landes

Part I. Sensing pre-Columbian time. Ecumene time, anecumene time : proposal of a paradigm / Alfredo López Austin ; When pre-sunrise beings inhabit a post-sunrise world : time, animate objects, and contemporary Tz'utujil Maya ritual practitioners / Linda A. Brown ; "To put in order" : classic Maya concepts of time and space / Markus Eberl ; Understanding time, space, and social organization in the Inca ceque system of Cuzco / Anthony F. Aveni ; Space and time in the architecture of Inca royal estates / Stella Nair ; Time and the other : the early colonial mythohistorical landscapes of the Huarochirí Manuscript / Jalh Dulanto

Part II. Registering pre-Columbian time. Linearity and cyclicity in pre-Columbian Maya time reckoning / Victoria R. Bricker and Harvey M. Bricker ; Divine reckoning : the calendrical ground of Mexican dynastic imagery / William L. Barnes ; Ages of the world in the Andes / Juan M. Ossio A. ; Refounding the house : time, politics, and metallogenesis in a colonial Aymara coat of arms / Tristan Platt ; Of calendars and computers : comparing Mesoamerica and Bali / John Monaghan ; An overview of the measure and meaning of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes / Anthony F. Aveni.

Notes:

"Volume based on papers presented at the Pre-Columbian studies symposium 'The Measure and Meaning of Time in the Americas,' held at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., on October 5-6, 2012"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0884024032

9780884024033

OCLC:

892620221

Publisher Number:

99963262363