Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon : The Calendar in Mesoamerican Civilization

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Questions, Hypotheses, and Assorted Detours -- Chapter 2. Humans and Environment in the Americas -- Chapter 3. Strange Attraction: The Mystery of Magnetism -- Chapter 4. New Windows on the World: Working the Land and Sailing the Sea -...
Ausführliche Beschreibung

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Questions, Hypotheses, and Assorted Detours -- Chapter 2. Humans and Environment in the Americas -- Chapter 3. Strange Attraction: The Mystery of Magnetism -- Chapter 4. New Windows on the World: Working the Land and Sailing the Sea -- Chapter 5. The Olmec Dawning -- Chapter 6. The Long Count: Astronomical Precision -- Chapter 7. Calendar Reform and Eclipses: The Place of Edzna -- Chapter 8. The Golden Age -- Chapter 9. The Twilight of the Gods -- Chapter 10. Dawn in the Desert: The Rise of the Toltecs -- Chapter 11. People of the Pleiades: The Aztec Interlude -- Chapter 12. The Long Journey: A Retrospective -- References -- Index Ausführliche Beschreibung