The Aztec Calendar Handbook
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Author | : Randall C. Jiménez |
Publisher | : Aztec Calendar Handbook |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780966116311 |
A manual for the Aztec calendar that explores the myths, legends, and history behind the ancient calendar, and includes technical drawings, a glossary, timeline, and an extensive bibliography.
Author | : Historical Science Publishing |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2020-01-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781659224689 |
The word Mexican is a racist term... period. This revealing book explains why. After the final Aztec Calendar Handbook edition went to the presses, there was a block of semi-related research material left-over. Created from this odd and unusual remaining materials, this work presented here consists of six articles related to, but not specifically about the Aztec Calendar itself. Examples: There never was a Native tribe called the Mayan Indians, plus Christians were already here when Columbus arrived. Included is how the mechanism of indigenous Time Management actually works. These and other unanswered questions about the Aztec civilization's collapse are presented. Why and how the word Mexican became a racist term, plus how to become Toltec and achieve the highest level of consciousness. This is the sister book to the Aztec Calendar Handbook designed to fill gaps and provide an explanation to the related mysteries discovered in the initial research.
Author | : Rick Holmer |
Publisher | : BookSurge LLC |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2005-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781419611636 |
The Aztec Book of Destiny summarizes traditional Mesoamerican beliefs about the spiritual nature of time and its influence on one's personality and fate. The ancient Aztec, Toltec and Maya believed that the day of birth, as defined in their sacred calendar, affects destiny; and this philosophy has guided their daily lives for more than 3000 years. This book condenses the scattered and disparate literature about these beliefs into a fun and informative narrative; but it goes far beyond what academics and popular authors have published to date. The author presents a unique perspective shaped by the wisdom of a traditional calendar-keeper he met in Mexico in 1973. The book's message is that the calendar is not simply an ancient and forgotten curiosity - it is as relevant today as in ancient times. The majority of the book projects the timeless Mesoamerican philosophy into contemporary Western society encouraging introspection and self-awareness.
Author | : Deborah L. Nichols |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 785 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199341966 |
The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs, the first of its kind, provides a current overview of recent research on the Aztec empire, the best documented prehispanic society in the Americas. Chapters span from the establishment of Aztec city-states to the encounter with the Spanish empire and the Colonial period that shaped the modern world. Articles in the Handbook take up new research trends and methodologies and current debates. The Handbook articles are divided into seven parts. Part I, Archaeology of the Aztecs, introduces the Aztecs, as well as Aztec studies today, including the recent practice of archaeology, ethnohistory, museum studies, and conservation. The articles in Part II, Historical Change, provide a long-term view of the Aztecs starting with important predecessors, the development of Aztec city-states and imperialism, and ending with a discussion of the encounter of the Aztec and Spanish empires. Articles also discuss Aztec notions of history, writing, and time. Part III, Landscapes and Places, describes the Aztec world in terms of its geography, ecology, and demography at varying scales from households to cities. Part IV, Economic and Social Relations in the Aztec Empire, discusses the ethnic complexity of the Aztec world and social and economic relations that have been a major focus of archaeology. Articles in Part V, Aztec Provinces, Friends, and Foes, focuses on the Aztec's dynamic relations with distant provinces, and empires and groups that resisted conquest, and even allied with the Spanish to overthrow the Aztec king. This is followed by Part VI, Ritual, Belief, and Religion, which examines the different beliefs and rituals that formed Aztec religion and their worldview, as well as the material culture of religious practice. The final section of the volume, Aztecs after the Conquest, carries the Aztecs through the post-conquest period, an increasingly important area of archaeological work, and considers the place of the Aztecs in the modern world.
Author | : Manuel Aguilar-Moreno |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195330838 |
Describes daily life in the Aztec world, including coverage of geography, foods, trades, arts, games, wars, political systems, class structure, religious practices, trading networks, writings, architecture and science.
Author | : Lynn V. Foster |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780195183634 |
This comprehensive and accessible reference explores the greatest and most mysterious of civilizations, hailed for its contributions to science, mathematics, and technology. Each chapter is supplemented by an extensive bibliography as well as photos, original line drawings, and maps.
Author | : Edward M. Reingold |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 2018-04-05 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1108548032 |
An invaluable resource for working programmers, as well as a fount of useful algorithmic tools for computer scientists, astronomers, and other calendar enthusiasts, The Ultimate Edition updates and expands the previous edition to achieve more accurate results and present new calendar variants. The book now includes coverage of Unix dates, Italian time, the Akan, Icelandic, Saudi Arabian Umm al-Qura, and Babylonian calendars. There are also expanded treatments of the observational Islamic and Hebrew calendars and brief discussions of the Samaritan and Nepalese calendars. Several of the astronomical functions have been rewritten to produce more accurate results and to include calculations of moonrise and moonset. The authors frame the calendars of the world in a completely algorithmic form, allowing easy conversion among these calendars and the determination of secular and religious holidays. LISP code for all the algorithms is available in machine-readable form.
Author | : Eduardo Matos Moctezuma |
Publisher | : Grupo Azabache |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Aztec astrology |
ISBN | : |
A unique book that brings together two of the most important expressions of the pre-Hispanic era: The Aztec Calendar and the solar symbol Nahui Ollin . Time has transformed the Aztec Calendar into a symbol associated with ruthless human sacrifices performed by the Mexicas. Well-documented studies by these two talented scholars uncover the true purpose of the stone and the historical events which resulted in the creation of this marvelous monolith. This is the only book that brings together photographs from other important solar monuments from multiple private collections and various museums around the world. To date, there is no other book that provides such a precise and fascinating description of the meaning of the Aztec Calendar and of Nahui Ollin. The book includes a unique booklet with six transparencies which in full colour highlight each of the six concentric circles of the Aztec Calendar.
Author | : Diego Durán |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780806126494 |
An unabridged translation of a 16th century Dominican friar's history of the Aztec world before the Spanish conquest, based on a now-lost Nahuatl chronicle and interviews with Aztec informants. Duran traces the history of the Aztecs from their mythic origins to the destruction of the empire, and describes the court life of the elite, the common people, and life in times of flood, drought, and war. Includes an introduction and annotations providing background on recent studies of colonial Mexico, and 62 b&w illustrations from the original manuscript. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Author | : Edward Graham Richards |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780192862051 |
History of calendars. The Millenium - do we have the correct date? Why do we celebrate Easter Sunday when we do? Find out in this book.