The end of time : the Maya mystery of 2012 / Anthony Aveni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aveni, Anthony F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

End of the world (Astronomy).

Maya calendar.

Physical Description:

xix, 190 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Internet, bookshelves, and movie theaters are full of prophecies, theories, and predictions that December 21, 2012, marks the end of the world. Award-winning astronomer and Mayan researcher Aveni explores these theories, explains their origins, and measures them objectively against evidence unearthed by Maya archaeologists, iconographers, and epigraphers.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1: Intoduction: How Dylan Got Me Started

2: What's in Store? A User's Guide to 2012 Maya Prophecies

3: What We Know about the Maya and Their Ideas about Creation

4: The Calendar: Jewel of the Maya Crown

5: The Astronomy behind the Current Maya Creation

6: What Goes Around: Other Ends of Time

7: Only in America

8: Epilogue: Anticipation

Notes

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4571-6514-7

1-4571-6596-1

1-60732-009-6

OCLC:

558840912