Susan Milbrath: 2 books

Book cover of Star Gods of the Maya

Star Gods of the Maya

Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars

by Susan Milbrath
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

Observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do today among contemporary Maya who maintain the traditional ways. This pathfinding book reconstructs ancient Maya astronomy and cosmology through the astronomical information encoded in Precolumbian...
Book cover of Heart of Creation

Heart of Creation

The Mesoamerican World and the Legacy of Linda Schele

by Andrea Stone, Marc Zender, Barbara MacLeod
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015

This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field's most noted pioneers. The core of this book focuses on the current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by the recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele. As author or...
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