Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars 9780292797932, 9780292778511, 0292752253, 0292797931

Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars 9780292797932

Observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do today among

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Maya Political Science: Time, Astronomy, and the Cosmos 9780292797383

How did the ancient Maya rule their world? Despite more than a century of archaeological investigation and glyphic decip

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The Beast Between: Deer in Maya Art and Culture 9781477318065

The white-tailed deer had a prominent status in Maya civilization: it was the most important wild-animal food source at

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The Hittite Gods in Hittite Art 9781463220020

In this article, the famous Assyriologist William Ward discusses the gods of the Hittites as the appear in in art as wel

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The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking 2009039343

The perfect gift for Southerners, history lovers, and foodies alike. Discover the secrets of one of the most mysterious,

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Art and Myth of the Ancient Maya 9780300224672

This nuanced account explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers an important reexamin

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Maya Gods of War 9781646421329, 9781646421312, 2021003574, 2021003575

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The Maya of Modernism: Art, Architecture, and Film 0826349811, 9780826349811

From the time when archaeologists first began to discover the civilization's spectacular ruins, Mexico's Mayan

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The Sanskrit Astronomical Table Text Brahmatulyasra Numerical tables in textual scholarship (Time, Astronomy, and Calendars) 2020036150, 2020036151, 9789004431416, 9789004432222, 9004431411

A timely exploration of the numerical tables genre in pre-modern science, focusing on the previously unpublished 17th-ce

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Time and Calendars in the Inca Empire 9780860546160, 9781407347660

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