Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures xi
4. Tables xix
5. Foreword xxi
6. Preface xxv
7. Acknowledgments xxix
8. Part I Introduction
9. 1 An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy 3
10. Part II Horizon-Based Astronomy
11. 2 Pyramids Marking Time Anthony F. Aveni’s Contribution to the Study of Astronomical Alignments in Mesoamerican Architecture 19
12. 3 Maya Architectural Hierophanies 37
13. 4 Mountain of Sustenance Site Organization at Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl and Mesoamerican Concepts of Space and Time 77
14. Part III Cosmological Principles
15. 5 The North Celestial Pole in Ancient Mesoamerica 101
16. 6 A Seasonal Calendar in the Codex Borgia 139
17. 7 Iconography and Metaphorical Expressions Pertaining to Eclipses A Perspective from Postclassic and Colonial Maya Manuscripts 163
18. 8 The Maya Deluge Myth and Dresden Codex Page 74 Not the End but the Eternal Regeneration of the World 197
19. Part IV Calendar Records
20. 9 The Ancient Maya Moon Calendar and Character 229
21. 10 Pecked Circles and Divining Boards Calculating Instruments in Ancient Mesoamerica 249
22. 11 The “Las Bocas Mosaic” and Mesoamerican Astro-Calendrics “Calculator” or Hoax? 265
23. 12 Some Alternative Eclipse Periodicities in Maya Codices 285
24. 13 Modeling Indigenous Mesoamerican Eclipse Theory 301
25. Part V Conclusion
26. 14 Maya Books and Buildings at Baktun’s End 353
27. Contributors 363
28. Index 371