Calculating Brilliance : An Intellectual History of Mayan Astronomy at Chich'en Itza / Gerardo Aldana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aldana y Villalobos, Gerardo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Codex Dresdensis Maya.

Maya astronomy.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource. 1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2022]

Summary:

"This book contextualizes the discovery of a Venus astronomical pattern by a female Mayan astronomer at Chich'en Itza and the discovery's later adaptation and application at Mayapan. Calculating Brilliance brings different intellectual threads together across time and space, from the Classic to the Postclassic, the colonial period to the twenty-first century to offer a new vision for understanding Mayan astronomy"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-4220-1

OCLC:

1288495673