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A new view of the origin and diffusion of Mesoamerican calendrical systems.

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"Never have I been so impressed and excited as I was after perusing Malmstrom's book. It has everything ... an exciting revisionist thesis ... and truly important conclusions." --Terry G. Jordan, Walter Prescott Webb Chair in Geography, University of Texas at Austin

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter 1. Questions, Hypotheses, and Assorted Detours
Chapter 2. Humans and Environment in the Americas
Chapter 3. Strange Attraction: The Mystery of Magnetism
Chapter 4. New Windows on the World: Working the Land and Sailing the Sea
Chapter 5. The Olmec Dawning
Chapter 6. The Long Count: Astronomical Precision
Chapter 7. Calendar Reform and Eclipses: The Place of Edzná
Chapter 8. The Golden Age
Chapter 9. The Twilight of the Gods
Chapter 10. Dawn in the Desert: The Rise of the Toltecs
Chapter 11. People of the Pleiades: The Aztec Interlude
Chapter 12. The Long Journey: A Retrospective
References
Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/1997
      ISBN13: 9780292751972, 978-0292751972
      ISBN10: 0292751974

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A new view of the origin and diffusion of Mesoamerican calendrical systems.

      Trade Review
      "Never have I been so impressed and excited as I was after perusing Malmstrom's book. It has everything ... an exciting revisionist thesis ... and truly important conclusions." --Terry G. Jordan, Walter Prescott Webb Chair in Geography, University of Texas at Austin

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      Preface
      Chapter 1. Questions, Hypotheses, and Assorted Detours
      Chapter 2. Humans and Environment in the Americas
      Chapter 3. Strange Attraction: The Mystery of Magnetism
      Chapter 4. New Windows on the World: Working the Land and Sailing the Sea
      Chapter 5. The Olmec Dawning
      Chapter 6. The Long Count: Astronomical Precision
      Chapter 7. Calendar Reform and Eclipses: The Place of Edzná
      Chapter 8. The Golden Age
      Chapter 9. The Twilight of the Gods
      Chapter 10. Dawn in the Desert: The Rise of the Toltecs
      Chapter 11. People of the Pleiades: The Aztec Interlude
      Chapter 12. The Long Journey: A Retrospective
      References
      Index

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