Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 268 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0292795033
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9780292795037
Series Statement:
The William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Note on Orthography and Dates -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- POPOL VUH, A MAYA CREATION MYTH -- TIME AND PRECLASSIC MESOAMERICA -- CHIEFDOMS AND CYCLES -- THE EARLY MAYA AND THE ISTHMIAN REGION -- 2. In the Beginning: Early Mesoamerican Prehistory -- EARLY OCCUPATION: THE PALEOINDIAN OR LITHIC STAGE -- THE ARCHAIC STAGE -- THE ARCHAIC-TO-FORMATIVE TRANSITION -- THE EARLY MESOAMERICAN TRADITION -- DISCUSSION -- 3. Mesoamerican Calendrics Time and Its Recording -- THE 260-DAY CALENDAR -- THE 360- AND 365-DAY CALENDARS -- THE LONG COUNT AND THE MAY -- ORIGINS OF THE MESOAMERICAN CALENDARS -- RECORDING TIME -- DISCUSSION -- 4. Maya Calendar Developments in Broader Context -- ORIGINALLY THIRTEEN MONTHS? -- BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS -- THE MONTHS AND THE DAY NAMES: A DERIVATIONAL MODEL -- CALENDRICAL ORIGINS AND THE POPOL VUH -- 5. Middle and Late Preclassic The Gulf Coast Olmec and Epi-Olmec -- ARCHITECTURAL PATTERNS -- MONUMENTS, ICONOGRAPHY, AND THEMES -- DISCUSSION: CALENDRICAL IMPLICATIONS -- THE EPI-OLMEC -- DISCUSSION -- 6. Late Preclassic Izapa and Kaminaljuyú -- IZAPA, CHIAPAS -- KAMINALJUYÚ AND RELATED SITES -- DISCUSSION: CALENDRICAL IMPLICATIONS -- 7. The Early Maya Lowlands Origins and Settlements -- ORIGIN MYTHS -- ARCHAEOLOGY: THE EARLIEST LOWLAND SETTLERS AND THEIR LANGUAGES -- ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE -- ARCHAEOLOGY AND EXCHANGE -- DISCUSSION -- 8. Early Lowland Maya Intellectual Culture Writing, Stelae, and "Government" -- WRITING SYSTEMS -- THE STELA "CULT" AND CALENDRICS -- TIES TO THE ISTHMUS -- LEADERSHIP, POLITICS, AND GOVERNMENT -- 9. The Materialization and Politicization of Time -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE CALENDARS -- THE POPOL VUH AND CALENDARS -- PILGRIMAGES AND TOLLANS -- CYCLING: CHIEFLY AND CALENDRICAL -- MAYA CALENDARS: ORDER, LEGITIMACY, AND WEALTH.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-248) and index
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Introduction. Popol Vuh, a Maya creation myth ; Time and preclassic Mesoamerica ; Chiefdoms and cycles ; The early Maya and the Isthmian regionIn the beginning : early Mesoamerican prehistory. Early occupation : The Paleoindian or Lithic stage ; The Archaic stage ; The Archaic-to-Formative transition ; The early Mesoamerican tradition ; Discussion -- Mesoamerican calendrics : time and its recording. The 260-day calendar ; The 360- and 365-day calendars ; The long count and the May ; Origins of the Mesoamerican calendars ; Recording time ; Discussion -- Maya calendar developments in broader context. Originally thirteen months? ; Beginnings and endings ; The months and the day names : a derivational model ; Calendrical origins and the Popol Vuh -- Middle and late preclassic : the Gulf Coast Olmec and the Epi-Olmec. Architectural patterns ; Monuments, iconography, and themes ; Discussion : calendrical implications ; The Epi-Olmec ; Discussion -- Late preclassic : Izapa and Kaminaljuyú. Izapa, Chiapas ; Kaminaljuyú and related sites ; Discussion : calendrical implications -- The early Maya lowlands : origins and settlements. Origin myths ; Archaeology : the earliest lowland settlers and their languages ; Archaeology and architecture ; Archaeology and exchange ; Discussion -- Early lowland Maya intellectual culture : writing, stelae, and "government". Writing systems ; The Stela "Cult" and calendrics ; Ties to the Isthmus ; Leadership, politics, and government -- The materialization and politicization of time. Development of the calendars ; The Popol Vuh and calendars ; Pilgrimages and Tollans ; Cycling : chiefly and calendrical ; Maya calendars : order, legitimacy, and wealth.
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Electronic reproduction
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0292716885
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0292716923
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780292716889
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780292716926
Additional Edition:
Print version Maya calendar origins
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7560/716889
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292795037
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