Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction 3
7. Part I Recognition
8. 1 Colliding Universes 31
9. 2 Incorporating Mesoamerican Cosmology within a Global History of Religion 70
10. 3 Dissecting the Sky 100
11. Part II Inventiveness
12. 4 The Colonial Encounter 141
13. 5 Zapotec Travels in Time and Space 180
14. 6 A Cosmology of Water 209
15. Part III Complexity
16. 7 Distance and Power in Classic Maya Texts 251
17. 8 The Sky, the Night, and the Number Nine 282
18. 9 Creating and Destroying the Upper Part of the Cosmos 319
19. About the Authors 341
20. Index 345