A major rethinking of the origins of the two primary calendars used by the ancient lowland Maya, proposing that the calendars developed about a millennium earlier than commonly thought.
A major rethinking of the origins of the two primary calendars used by the ancient lowland Maya, proposing that the calendars developed about a millennium earlier than commonly thought.
1. List of Figures and Tables 2. Note on Orthography and Dates 3. Preface 4. Acknowledgments 5. 1. Introduction * Popol Vuh, a Maya Creation Myth * Time and Preclassic Mesoamerica * Chiefdoms and Cycles * The Early Maya and the Isthmian Region 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. 6. Late Preclassic: Izapa and Kaminaljuyú * Izapa, Chiapas * Kaminaljuyú and Related Sites * Discussion: Calendrical Implications 11. 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 12. 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 13. 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 14. Notes 15. References Cited 16. Index
1. List of Figures and Tables 2. Note on Orthography and Dates 3. Preface 4. Acknowledgments 5. 1. Introduction * Popol Vuh, a Maya Creation Myth * Time and Preclassic Mesoamerica * Chiefdoms and Cycles * The Early Maya and the Isthmian Region 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. 6. Late Preclassic: Izapa and Kaminaljuyú * Izapa, Chiapas * Kaminaljuyú and Related Sites * Discussion: Calendrical Implications 11. 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 12. 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 13. 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 14. Notes 15. References Cited 16. Index
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