The Maya calendar : a book of months, 400-2000 CE / Weldon Lamb.
"This reference work collects, defines, and relates the month names in every recorded Maya calendrical tradition, starting from their creation as hieroglyphics during the Classic period (200-900 CE) to the present day."--
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| Other title: | Book of months, 400-2000 CE. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Norman :
University of Oklahoma Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The ancient Maya hieroglyphic calendars
- The ethnographic calendars
- The Maya month names : forms and meanings
- The Maya month initial dates
- Continuity in sound and sense
- Appendix A. Phonemes of languages relevant to Maya hieroglyphic writing
- Appendix B. Sites with affiliated languages
- Appendix C. Innovative hieroglyphic month names
- Appendix D. Stemmas
- Appendix E. Index to counterparts to stemmas
- Appendix F. Themes with traditions
- Appendix G. Zenith passage dates by culture, site, and latitude.