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Book SynopsisCollects, defines, and correlates the month names in every recorded Maya calendrical tradition from the first hieroglyphic inscriptions to the present - an undertaking critical to unlocking and understanding the iconography and cosmology of the ancient Maya world.
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The Maya Calendar: A Book of Months, 400 - 2000 CE, Weldon Lamb has compiled the most detailed examination to date of the month names of the Maya calendar. This exhaustive reference work will be an invaluable resource for scholars interested in tracing the nuances of the pre- and (especially) post-Conquest Maya calendar."" - Scott A. J. Johnson, author of
Translating Maya Hieroglyphs""Weldon Lamb masterfully demonstrates how Classic period glyphs evolved, tracing month names from the Classic through the Postclassic and Colonial periods and up to the ethnographic present.
The Maya Calendar is a major contribution to academic research that will be a treasured resource now and in the future."" - Susan Milbrath, author of
Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars
