Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico

Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico helped establish the field of archaeoastronomy, and it remains the standard introduction to...
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Author: Anthony F. Aveni
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Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico by Aveni, Anthony F.

Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico

€101,96

Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico

€101,96
Author: Anthony F. Aveni
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico helped establish the field of archaeoastronomy, and it remains the standard introduction to this subject. Combining basic astronomy with archaeological and ethnological data, it presented a readable and entertaining synthesis of all that was known of ancient astronomy in the western hemisphere as of 1980.

In this revised edition, Anthony Aveni draws on his own and others' discoveries of the past twenty years to bring the Skywatchers story up to the present. He offers new data and interpretations in many areas, including:

  • The study of Mesoamerican time and calendrical systems and their unprecedented continuity in contemporary Mesoamerican culture
  • The connections between Precolumbian religion, astrology, and scientific, quantitative astronomy
  • The relationship between Highland Mexico and the world of the Maya and the state of Pan-American scientific practices
  • The use of personal computer software for computing astronomical data

With this updated information, Skywatchers will serve a new generation of general and scholarly readers and will be useful in courses on archaeoastronomy, astronomy, history of astronomy, history of science, anthropology, archaeology, and world religions.



Author: Anthony F. Aveni
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 08/01/2001
Pages: 423
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.92h x 7.06w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780292705029


Review Citation(s):
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2002 pg. 47 - Recommended/Special Interest

About the Author
Aveni, Anthony F.: - Anthony F. Aveni is the Russell B. Colgate Professor of Astronomy and Anthropology at Colgate University in New York.

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