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The measure and meaning of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes
Title
The measure and meaning of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes / Anthony F. Aveni, editor.
ISBN
9780884024033
0884024032
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2015]
Physical Description
ix, 315 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm.
Notes
"Volume based on papers presented at the Pre-Columbian studies symposium 'The Measure and Meaning of Time in the Americas,' held at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., on October 5-6, 2012"--Title page verso.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 25, 2015
Series
Dumbarton Oaks pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Timely themes : an introduction to the measure and meaning of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes / Anthony F. Aveni
From counting down to counting out : on the relationship between apocalyptic and normal time in the Western passion for precise time measurement / Richard Landes
Part I. Sensing pre-Columbian time. Ecumene time, anecumene time : proposal of a paradigm / Alfredo López Austin ; When pre-sunrise beings inhabit a post-sunrise world : time, animate objects, and contemporary Tz'utujil Maya ritual practitioners / Linda A. Brown ; "To put in order" : classic Maya concepts of time and space / Markus Eberl ; Understanding time, space, and social organization in the Inca ceque system of Cuzco / Anthony F. Aveni ; Space and time in the architecture of Inca royal estates / Stella Nair ; Time and the other : the early colonial mythohistorical landscapes of the Huarochirí Manuscript / Jalh Dulanto
Part II. Registering pre-Columbian time. Linearity and cyclicity in pre-Columbian Maya time reckoning / Victoria R. Bricker and Harvey M. Bricker ; Divine reckoning : the calendrical ground of Mexican dynastic imagery / William L. Barnes ; Ages of the world in the Andes / Juan M. Ossio A. ; Refounding the house : time, politics, and metallogenesis in a colonial Aymara coat of arms / Tristan Platt ; Of calendars and computers : comparing Mesoamerica and Bali / John Monaghan ; An overview of the measure and meaning of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes / Anthony F. Aveni.
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