The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World : Mythic History and Ritual Order / edited by David A. Freidel [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freidel, David A., editor.

Series:

Maya studies.

Maya Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maya chronology.

Maya calendar.

Maya philosophy.

Mayas--History.

Mayas.

Time measurements--History.

Time measurements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (604 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2024]

Summary:

This book discusses the range of ways the ancient Maya people expressed timekeeping in daily life through their architecture, arts, writing, beliefs, and practices.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction and Landesque Cosmography

The Maya Materialization of Time: An Introduction / Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, David A. Freidel, and Jerry Murdock

Landesque Cosmography: Crafting Creation Era Time on the Maya Lowland Landscape / David A. Freidel, Prudence M. Rice, and Michelle Rich

Part II. Building Time into Place

Spatial and Temporal Standardization in Southern Mesoamerica during the Preclassic Period: New Insights from the Middle Usumacinta Region, Mexico / Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan

Ordering Time and Space at Yaxnohcah: Creation and Renewal in a Preclassic Landscape / Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Veronica A. Vazquez Lopez, Shawn G. Morton, Meghan M.

Peuramaki-Brown, Sarah Bednar, F. C. Atasta Flores Esquivel, Debra S. Walker,

Armando Anaya Hernandez, and Nicholas P. Dunning

Domesticating Time: Quadripartite Symbolism and Rituals of Foundation at Yaxun / Travis W. Stanton, Karl A. Taube, and Ryan H. Collins

In the Shadow of Descending Gods: Monumental Posts and Solar Cycles in the Preclassic Maya Lowlands / Francisco Estrada-Belli and David A. Freidel

Stelae, Spirits, Desecration, and Devotion: The Fate of Some Time Lords in the Classic Maya World / David A. Freidel and Olivia Navarro-Farr

Part III. Chambers of Time

Balamk℗Đ?s History House: Harkening to Primordial Rhythms of Mythic Time / Anne S. Dowd and Gabrielle Vail

Scorpion Star: Constellations, Seasons, and Convergences of Meaning in a Classic Maya Entity / Franco D. Rossi

Time as Ordinary Practice: A Divination Building at Chan / Cynthia Robin

The Chamber of Secrets at Xunantunich / M. Kathryn Brown, Leah McCurdy, and Jason Yaeger

Part IV. Bridging Time

Imagery of the Yearbearers in Maya Culture and Beyond / Susan Milbrath

Lived Experience and Monumental Time in the Classic Maya Lowlands / Patricia A. McAnany

The Materialization of Time in the Maya Archaeological Record: Examples from Caracol and Santa Rita Corozal, Belize / Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

Materializing Time on Wax: The Cozumel Bee Gardens / Adolfo Iv n Bat℗Đn-Alpuche and David A. Freidel

Temporal Fusion: Mythical and Mortal Time in Maya Art / James A. Doyle

?How Much May They Not Have Written?? K?atuns 11 Ajaw and the Itzas / Prudence M. Rice

Part V. Materializing Mesoamerican Chronoscapes

The Ideas and Images of Cities and Centers: Teotihuacan and the Lowland Maya / David A. Freidel, Saburo Sugiyama, and Nawa Sugiyama

Epilogue: Architects of Time, Manifesting Worldview through Land and Cosmos / Anne S. Dowd

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-6795-2

0-8130-7058-9