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Lunar calendars of the pre-columbian Maya /

Pre-Columbian Maya interest in the waxing and waning of the Moon is well documented in texts carved on approximately 200 monuments dating to the Classic period (AD 300-900). The lunar content of these inscriptions was first recognized by scholars during the second decade of the twentieth century, bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bricker, Harvey M. (Author), Bricker, Victoria Reifler, 1940- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society Press, [2020]
Series:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 109, pt. 1.
Subjects:
Maya calendar.
Lunar calendars.
Inscriptions, Mayan.
Maya astronomy.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Lunar astronomy
  • Maya concepts of time
  • Maya concepts of the moon
  • History of research on the supplementary/lunar series
  • Description of the glyphs of the supplementary/lunar series
  • Analysis of classic Maya lunar series
  • Testing of the Xultun model
  • Monumental records of eclipses visible in the Maya area
  • The relationship between the moon and Venus on classic Maya monuments
  • Lunar periodicities of the pre-columbian Maya
  • Appendix A. Lists of lunar series arranged by "groups" and sites
  • Appendix B. Computer programs used in analyzing Maya lunar series.