{"product_id":"star-gods-of-the-maya-astronomy-in-art-folklore-and-calendars-paperback-softback-9780292752269","title":"Star Gods of the Maya; Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292752269","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStar Gods of the Maya\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAstronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusan Milbrath (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292752269\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e382 pages, 22 b\u0026amp;w illus., 48 figures, 7 tables\u003cbr\u003e27.9 x 21.6 x 2.7 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA prodigious work of unmatched interdisciplinary scholarship that will serve indefinitely as the basic reference for the study of Maya astronomy and religion.\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Interdisciplinary History) \u003cdiv\u003eMilbrath has given us a comprehensive reference work that facilitates access to a very broad and varied body of literature spanning several disciplines. It will serve for years to come as a gateway to the field for nonspecialists and a valuable research tool for all.\u003c\/div\u003e (Isis)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eObservations 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSusan 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mesoamerican Calendar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecipherment of Maya Glyphs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverview of Contents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Contemporary Maya Images of the Heavens \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Seasonal Cycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Solar Calendar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModern Maya Cosmic Diagrams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Sun Moves and Transforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImages of Eclipses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lunar Rhythms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLunar Agriculture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Celestial Pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Moon Goddess\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVenus among the Contemporary Maya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Planets among the Contemporary Maya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStars and Constellations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Milky Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOther Celestial Phenomena\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContemporary Maya Astronomy in Cultural Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Naked-Eye Astronomy \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTracking the Solar Seasons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLunar Positions and Phases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEclipses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Planets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Stars and the Seasons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Precolumbian and Colonial Period Maya Solar Images \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Seasonal Cycle and the Solar Calendar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolar Orientations in Architecture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun in Precolumbian Maya Cosmic Diagrams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcepts of the Sun's Motion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Precolumbian Kin Glyph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun God in the Colonial and Postclassic Periods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun God at ChichÉ\u003cbr\u003en ItzÁ\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassic Maya Images of the Sun God and Earlier Prototypes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Monkey's Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Solar Bird and Solar Fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun and Felines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHunahpu and Hun Ahau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGIII: The Sun as the Middle Brother\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun in the Precolumbian Maya Worldview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Precolumbian and Colonial Period Lunar Images and Deities \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLunar Calendars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColonial and Postclassic Eclipse Imagery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dresden Codex Eclipse Table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassic Period Eclipse Imagery and Events\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaya Moon Glyphs and Symbols\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLunar Symbolism of Fish, Frogs, Toads, and Shells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Moon and Rabbits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Water-lily Jaguar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jaguar War God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jaguar Paddler: The Moon Paired with the Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lunar Twin: Xbalanque\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Classic Period Moon God in Monumental Art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Young Moon Goddess in Colonial and Postclassic Times\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Aged Moon in Colonial and Postclassic Times\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Moon in the Postclassic Murals at Tulum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLunar Deities at ChichÉ\u003cbr\u003en ItzÁ\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Classic Maya Moon Goddess\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ever-changing Moon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Venus and Mercury: The Body Doubles \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVenus Observations among the Precolumbian Maya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVenus in the Popol Vuh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColonial and Postclassic Images of Venus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dresden Codex Venus Pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Layout of Pages 46-50\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Seasonal Aspects of Venus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegents and Victims in the Venus Pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuetzalcoatl-Kukulcan: The Venus God from Central Mexico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCentral Mexican Venus Symbols in the Maya Area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaya Glyphs and Symbols Representing Venus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVenus Warfare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLineage Founders and the Venus Cult\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTlaloc and the Storm God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChac and God B in Colonial and Postclassic YucatÁ\u003cbr\u003en\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassic Period Images of Chac\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChac and GI in the Classic Period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sidereal Position of Venus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVenus and the Moon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMercury in Maya Imagery and Calendrics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Inferior Planets in the Maya Worldview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Celestial Wanderers \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColonial Period Images of the Superior Planets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMars among the Precolumbian Maya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonkey Deities and the Planets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGod K in the Colonial and Postclassic Periods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Classic Period God K and GII\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJupiter Events and God K on Classic Maya Monuments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassic Period Calendar Records Relating to the Superior Planets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssembly of the Gods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Celestial Wanderers as Planetary Gods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Stars, the Milky Way, Comets, and Meteors \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComets, Meteors, and Supernovas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImages of Stars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Maya Zodiac\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Pleiades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scorpion and Skeletal Snake Constellations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrion and Gemini\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Peccary Constellation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBird Constellations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCross Constellations and Stellar Trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe North Star and the \"\u003cbr\u003eDippers\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCentral Mexican Images of the Milky Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cosmic Monster and the Milky Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSerpent Forms of the Milky Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour Roads in the Sky and Four Itzamnas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassic Period Monuments with Images of the Milky Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRotating the Milky Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Maya in the History of World Astronomy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 1. Guide to Astronomical Identities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2. Table of Classic Period Dates and Associated Astronomical Events\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 3. Table for Calculating the Tzolkin Intervals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656062464280,"sku":"9780292752269","price":25.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/star-gods-of-the-maya-astronomy-in-art-folklore-and-calendars-paperback-softback-9780292752269","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}