LEADER 03874nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910777437503321 005 20230422045203.0 010 $a0-292-77851-1 010 $a0-292-79793-1 024 7 $a10.7560/752252 035 $a(CKB)1000000000447347 035 $a(OCoLC)55941076 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10217908 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250612 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204071 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250612 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10232341 035 $a(PQKB)11265776 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1910 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443169 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10217908 035 $a(OCoLC)888831683 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7171705 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443169 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7171705 035 $a(DE-B1597)588421 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797932 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000447347 100 $a19990212d1999 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStar gods of the Maya$b[electronic resource] $eastronomy in art, folklore, and calendars /$fSusan Milbrath 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (383 p.) 225 1 $aThe Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-75225-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-337) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $t1. CONTEMPORARY MAYA IMAGES OF THE HEAVENS -- $t2. NAKED-EYE ASTRONOMY -- $t3. PRECOLUMBIAN AND COLONIAL PERIOD MAYA SOLAR IMAGES -- $t4. PRECOLUMBIAN AND COLONIAL PERIOD LUNAR IMAGES AND DEITIES -- $t5. VENUS AND MERCURY: THE BODY DOUBLES -- $t6. THE CELESTIAL WANDERERS -- $t7. STARS, THE MILKY WAY, COMETS, AND METEORS -- $tAPPENDIX 1. Guide to Astronomical Identities -- $tAPPENDIX 2. Table of Classic Period Dates, Monuments, and Associated Astronomical Events -- $tAPPENDIX 3. Table for Calculating the Tzolkin Intervals -- $tGLOSSARY -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX -- $tPLATES 330 $aObservations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do today among contemporary Maya who maintain the traditional ways. This pathfinding book reconstructs ancient Maya astronomy and cosmology through the astronomical information encoded in Precolumbian Maya art and confirmed by the current practices of living Maya peoples. Susan Milbrath opens the book with a discussion of modern Maya beliefs about astronomy, along with essential information on naked-eye observation. She devotes subsequent chapters to Precolumbian astronomical imagery, which she traces back through time, starting from the Colonial and Postclassic eras. She delves into many aspects of the Maya astronomical images, including the major astronomical gods and their associated glyphs, astronomical almanacs in the Maya codices [painted books], and changes in the imagery of the heavens over time. This investigation yields new data and a new synthesis of information about the specific astronomical events and cycles recorded in Maya art and architecture. Indeed, it constitutes the first major study of the relationship between art and astronomy in ancient Maya culture. 410 0$aLinda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. 606 $aMaya astronomy 606 $aMaya calendar 606 $aMayas$xReligion 615 0$aMaya astronomy. 615 0$aMaya calendar. 615 0$aMayas$xReligion. 676 $a520/.972 700 $aMilbrath$b Susan$01505796 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777437503321 996 $aStar gods of the Maya$93735646 997 $aUNINA