ISBN:
9780884024033
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 315 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
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29 cm
Series Statement:
Dumbarton Oaks pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia
DDC:
304.2/37
Keywords:
Time Congresses Social aspects
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History
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Time Congresses Social aspects
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History
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Indians of Central America Congresses Social life and customs
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Mayas Congresses Social life and customs
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Indians of South America Congresses Social life and customs
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Indian chronology Congresses
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Maya chronology Congresses
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Indian calendar Congresses History
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Indian calendar Congresses History
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Maya calendar Congresses History
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift 05.10.2012-06.10.2012
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift 05.10.2012-06.10.2012
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Mesoamerika
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Anden
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Zeit
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Zeitmessung
Note:
"Volume based on papers presented at the Pre-Columbian studies symposium The Measure and Meaning of Time in the Americas, held at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., on October 5-6, 2012"--Title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Timely themes : an introduction to the measure and meaning of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes
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Part I. Sensing pre-Columbian time ; Ecumene time, anecumene time : proposal of a paradigm
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When pre-sunrise beings inhabit a post-sunrise world : time, animate objects, and contemporary Tz'utujil Maya ritual practitioners
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"To put in order" : classic Maya concepts of time and space
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Understanding time, space, and social organization in the Inca Ceque system of Cuzco
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Space and time in the architecture of Inca royal estates
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Time and the other : the early colonial mythohistorical landscapes of the Huarochiri manuscript
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Part II. Registering pre-Columbian time ; Linearity and cyclicity in pre-Columbian Maya time reckoning
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Divine reckoning : the calendrical ground of Mexican dynastic imagery
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Ages of the world in the Andes
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Refounding the house : time, politics, and metallogenesis in a colonial Aymara coat of arms
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Of calendars and computers : comparing Mesoamerica and Bali
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An overview of "the measure and meaning of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes"
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