LEADER 03857nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910961138103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781607320722 010 $a160732072X 035 $a(CKB)2560000000055517 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000466970 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11324819 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000466970 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10466776 035 $a(PQKB)10798440 035 $a(OCoLC)608090068 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039734 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10436221 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL921515 035 $a(OCoLC)923704881 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039734 035 $a(Perlego)2032704 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000055517 100 $a20070220d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe apotheosis of Janaab' Pakal $escience, history, and religion at classic Maya Palenque /$fGerardo Aldana 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoulder $cUniversity Press of Colorado$dc2007 215 $axxxiv, 234 p. $cill., maps 225 1 $aMesoamerican worlds 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781607320715 311 08$a1607320711 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-222) and index. 327 $aNew life at B'aakal -- Recovering Maya astronomy -- Constructing portals -- Errors and identities -- The public face of re-creation -- Re-creation through K'awiilian astronomy -- Zuyuathan : secret knowledge and the maintenance of power. 330 8 $aThe Apotheosis of Janaab' Pakal takes up anew the riddles within a number of Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions first recognized by Floyd Lounsbury. Gerardo Aldana unpacks these mathematical riddles using an approach grounded in a reading of the texts made possible by recent advances in decipherment. Using a history of science methodology, he expands upon (and sometimes questions) the foundational work of archaeoastronomers.Aldana follows three lines of investigation: a reading of the hieroglyphic inscriptions of the Classic period (a.d. 250-900), mathematical analysis to recover Classic Maya astronomical practice, and a historiography of Maya astronomy. Quoted hieroglyphs appear throughout the text for cross-examination. Aldana reveals the social and political context of Maya astronomy by explicating the science and calendrical calculations found in the tablets of the Temple of Inscriptions and the Cross Group from the city of Palenque. He offers a compelling interpretation of an 819-day count, demonstrating its utility as an astronumerological tool that Maya scribes used to simplify complex calculations.During troubled times in Palenque, Aldana contends, Kan Balam II devised a means to preserve the legitimacy of his ruling dynasty. He celebrated a re-creation of the city as a contemporary analogue of a mythical Creation on three levels: monumental construction for a public audience, artistic patronage for an elite audience, and a secret mathematical astronomical language only for rulers-elect. Discussing all of these efforts, Aldana focuses on the recovery of the secret language and its historical context. 410 0$aMesoamerican worlds. 606 $aMaya astronomy$zMexico$zPalenque (Chiapas) 606 $aMaya cosmology$zMexico$zPalenque (Chiapas) 606 $aMayan languages$xWriting 607 $aPalenque Site (Mexico) 615 0$aMaya astronomy 615 0$aMaya cosmology 615 0$aMayan languages$xWriting. 676 $a972/.75 700 $aAldana y Villalobos$b Gerardo$0612179 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910961138103321 996 $aThe apotheosis of Janaab' Pakal$94356920 997 $aUNINA