The Cosmos Of The Yucatec Maya
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The Cosmos Of The Yucatec Maya
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Author : Merideth Paxton
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2001
The Cosmos Of The Yucatec Maya written by Merideth Paxton and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Traces implications of a previously unrecognized image of the solar year in the Madrid Codex to find new meanings in the Dresden Codex and the Maya calendar system and a regional settlement organization in Yucatan.
Maya Shamanism Today
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Author : Bruce Love
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Maya Shamanism Today written by Bruce Love and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Mayas categories.
Maya Shamanism Today
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Maya Shamanism Today written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
Maya Political Science
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Author : Prudence M. Rice
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-08-28
Maya Political Science written by Prudence M. Rice and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-28 with Social Science categories.
How did the ancient Maya rule their world? Despite more than a century of archaeological investigation and glyphic decipherment, the nature of Maya political organization and political geography has remained an open question. Many debates have raged over models of centralization versus decentralization, superordinate and subordinate status—with far-flung analogies to emerging states in Europe, Asia, and Africa. But Prudence Rice asserts that neither the model of two giant "superpowers" nor that which postulates scores of small, weakly independent polities fits the accumulating body of material and cultural evidence. In this groundbreaking book, Rice builds a new model of Classic lowland Maya (AD 179-948) political organization and political geography. Using the method of direct historical analogy, she integrates ethnohistoric and ethnographic knowledge of the Colonial-period and modern Maya with archaeological, epigraphic, and iconographic data from the ancient Maya. On this basis of cultural continuity, she constructs a convincing case that the fundamental ordering principles of Classic Maya geopolitical organization were the calendar (specifically a 256-year cycle of time known as the may) and the concept of quadripartition, or the division of the cosmos into four cardinal directions. Rice also examines this new model of geopolitical organization in the Preclassic and Postclassic periods and demonstrates that it offers fresh insights into the nature of rulership, ballgame ritual, and warfare among the Classic lowland Maya.
Time And Reality In The Thought Of The Maya
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Author : Miguel Leon-Portilla
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1990-09-01
Time And Reality In The Thought Of The Maya written by Miguel Leon-Portilla and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-09-01 with Religion categories.
In this second English-language edition of one of his most notable works, Miguel León-Portilla explores the Maya Indians’ remarkable concepts of time. At the book’s first appearance Evon Z. Vogt, Curator of Middle American Ethnology in Harvard University, predicted that it would become "a classic in anthropology," a prediction borne out by the continuing critical attention given to it by leading scholars. Like no other people in history, the ancient Maya were obsessed by the study of time. Their sages framed its cycles with tireless exactitude. Yet their preoccupation with time was not limited to calendrics; it was a central trait in their evolving culture. In this absorbing work León-Portilla probes the question, What did time really mean for the ancient Maya in terms of their mythology, religious thought, worldview, and everyday life? In his analysis of key Maya texts and computations, he reveals one of the most elaborate attempts of the human mind to penetrate the secrets of existence.
The Maya World
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Author : Matthew Restall
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1999-02-01
The Maya World written by Matthew Restall and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02-01 with History categories.
This pathbreaking work is a social and cultural history of the Maya peoples of the province of Yucatan in colonial Mexico, spanning the period from shortly after the Spanish conquest of the region to its incorporation as part of an independent Mexico. Instead of depending on the Spanish sources and perspectives that have formed the basis of previous scholarship on colonial Yucatan, the author aims to give a voice to the Maya themselves, basing his analysis entirely on his translations of hundreds of Yucatec Maya notarial documents—from libraries and archives in Mexico, Spain, and the United States—most of which have never before received scholarly attention. These documents allow the author to reconstruct the social and cultural world of the Maya municipality, or cah, the self-governing community where most Mayas lived and which was the focus of Maya social and political identity. The first two parts of the book examine the ways in which Mayas were organized and differentiated from each other within the community, and the discussion covers such topics as individual and group identities, sociopolitical organization, political factionalism, career patterns, class structures, household and family patterns, inheritance, gender roles, sexuality, and religion. The third part explores the material environment of the cah, emphasizing the role played by the use and exchange of land, while the fourth part describes in detail the nature and significance of the source documentation, its genres and its language. Throughout the book, the author pays attention to the comparative contexts of changes over time and the similarities or differences between Maya patterns and those of other colonial-era Mesoamericans, notably the Nahuas of central Mexico.
Maya Cosmogenesis 2012
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Author : John Major Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1998-08-01
Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 written by John Major Jenkins and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-08-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
While researching the 2012 end-date of the Maya Calendar, John Major Jenkins decoded the Maya's galactic cosmology. The Maya discovered that the periodic alignment of the Sun with the center of the Milky Way galaxy is the formative influence on human evolution. These alignments also define a series of World Ages. The fourth age ends on December 21, 2012, when an epoch chapter in human history will come to an end. Maya Cosmogenisis 2012 reveals the Maya's insight into the cyclic nature of time, and prepares us for our own cosmogenesis--the birth of a new world.
Encyclopaedia Of The History Of Science Technology And Medicine In Non Western Cultures
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Author : Helaine Selin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-03-12
Encyclopaedia Of The History Of Science Technology And Medicine In Non Western Cultures written by Helaine Selin and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-12 with Science categories.
Here, at last, is the massively updated and augmented second edition of this landmark encyclopedia. It contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. The entries consist of fully updated articles together with hundreds of entirely new topics. This unique reference work includes intercultural articles on broad topics such as mathematics and astronomy as well as thoughtful philosophical articles on concepts and ideas related to the study of non-Western Science, such as rationality, objectivity, and method. You’ll also find material on religion and science, East and West, and magic and science.
Maya Cosmos
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Author : David A. Freidel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Maya Cosmos written by David A. Freidel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.
The Mayan Ouroboros
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Author : Drunvalo Melchizedek
language : en
Publisher: Weiser Books
Release Date : 2012-11-01
The Mayan Ouroboros written by Drunvalo Melchizedek and has been published by Weiser Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
There have been many interpretations and predictions about the year 2012, known as the Mayan End Time—touted in everything from books to television commercials. But what do the Mayans themselves have to say about these prophecies? In The Mayan Ouroboros, the much-anticipated follow-up to his bestselling Serpent of Light, spiritual researcher Drunvalo Melchizdek reveals for the first time what Mayan elders have told him about this period. In this book he explains how to prepare for this transition to a new 13,000-year cycle by learning how to move out of our brain and into our hearts. He shares the Mayan insight of the importance of our heart connection to our survival and ability to thrive during these times. Plus The Mayan Ouroboros reveals: The untold positive side of the Mayan propheciesThe Mayan End Time--a seven-year period of transition which began in 2007The magnetic pole shift that is currently affecting humans around the worldThe new ways in which humans will begin to perceive and communicate in the world.The discovery of thousands of ancient Mayan codexes that are currently being decoded by the Mayans