Circling the square : how the Conquest altered the shape of time in Mesoamerica /
"Examines 'the historical underpinnings of the sea change in the pictorial representation of calendrical time that took place in Hispanic Mesoamerica.' Discusses the deeply entrenched circular view of time in the West and the indigenous temporal representations in square or quadrangul...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, PA :
American Philosophical Society,
[2012]
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| Series: | Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ;
v. 102, pt. 5. |
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| Summary: | "Examines 'the historical underpinnings of the sea change in the pictorial representation of calendrical time that took place in Hispanic Mesoamerica.' Discusses the deeply entrenched circular view of time in the West and the indigenous temporal representations in square or quadrangular form. The post-contact representation of time is thus an example of how fundamental native concepts were affected by the clash of cultures we call the Spanish Conquest"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 116 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781606180259 1606180258 |
| ISSN: | 0065-9746 ; |