Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Figures XI
4. Preface XXIII
5. 1 The Maya and Their Codices
6. A. Introduction 3
7. B. The Dresden Codex: Description and Known History 4
8. C. The Paris Codex: Description and Known History 11
9. D. The Madrid Codex: Description and Known History 19
10. E. The Grolier Codex: Description and Known History 26
11. 2 Astronomical Concepts and Terminology
12. A. Western Calendars and Time Reckoning 29
13. B. The Location of Celestial Objects 31
14. C. The Solar Year and Its Stations 34
15. D. Cyclical Movements of the Planets 38
16. E. The Moon 50
17. F. Eclipses 53
18. G. Stars and Star Patterns 59
19. 3 Maya Calendrical Cycles and Their Notations
20. A. The Number System 66
21. B. The Haab, the Tzolkin, and the Calendar Round 67
22. C. Initial Series Dates and the Maya Era 71
23. D. Distance Numbers 74
24. E. Other Calendrical Notations 75
25. 4 The Correlation of Maya and Western Calendars
26. A. The Need for a Correlation 77
27. B. The Death of Napot Xiu 77
28. C. The Chronicle of Oxkutzcab 79
29. D. Other Correlational Statements 85
30. E. An Alternative Numbering System for Katuns 87
31. F. Correlation with the European Calendar to the Exact Day 90
32. G. Astronomy and the Correlation 93
33. H. The Question of 584,285 94
34. 5 The Structure of Maya Codices
35. A. Layout and Reading Order 100
36. B. Almanacs 101
37. C. Tables 106
38. D. Other Kinds of Codical Instruments 107
39. E. Techniques for Determining Historicity 108
40. 6 Deities and Ceremonies
41. A. Deities 111
42. B. Ceremonies 120
43. 7 The Natural Environment and Agriculture
44. A. The Maya Lowlands 149
45. B. Climate, Geology, and Hydrology 150
46. C. The Forest 154
47. D. The Animals 156
48. E. Slash-and-Burn Agriculture in the Ethnographic Present 157
49. 8 Venus and Mercury
50. A. The Venus Table in the Dresden Codex 163
51. B. The Venus Almanac in the Grolier Codex (G.l-G.10/11) 219
52. C. The Katun Page in the Dresden Codex (D.60) 230
53. D. A Venus-Mercury Almanac in the Dresden Codex 235
54. E. The Planet Venus and the Maya 245
55. 9 Eclipses
56. A. The Eclipse Table in the Dresden Codex 249
57. B. The Eclipse Almanac in the Dresden Codex 342
58. C. The Eclipse Almanac in the Madrid Codex 351
59. D. The Katun Pages in the Paris Codex 357
60. E. Eclipses and the Maya 363
61. 10 Mars
62. A. The Synodic Mars table in the Dresden Codex 367
63. B. The Synodic Mars Almanac in the Madrid Codex 394
64. C. The Water Tables in the Dresden Codex 398
65. D. The Incomplete Planetary Table in the Dresden Codex 469
66. E. The Planet Mars and the Maya 485
67. 11 Seasons of the Tropical Year
68. A. The Seasonal Tables in the Dresden Codex 489
69. B. The Seasonal Almanacs in the Madrid Codex ( 550
70. C. The In Extenso Almanac in the Madrid Codex 565
71. D. The Rainmaking Almanac in the Dresden Codex (D.29b-D.30b) 590
72. E. The Double Almanac in the Dresden Codex 596
73. F. The God C Almanacs in the Paris Codex ( 605
74. G. The Tropical-Year Almanac in the Madrid Codex 627
75. H. The Spliced Table in the Dresden Codex 637
76. I. The Burner Almanac in the Dresden Codex 660
77. J. The Conjugal Almanac in the Dresden Codex 674
78. K. The Bird Almanac in the Madrid Codex 679
79. L. The Year of the Seasons and the Maya 682
80. 12 Stars
81. A. The Zodiacal Almanac in the Paris Codex 691
82. B. The Calendar-Round Almanac in the Madrid Codex 768
83. C. The God P Yearbearer Almanac in the Madrid Codex 827
84. D. The Milky Way in the Maya Codices 833
85. E. The Stars and the Maya 836
86. 13 The Astronomical Knowledge of the Ancient Maya 840
87. APPENDIX A The Question of Jupiter and Saturn 847
88. APPENDIX B Concordance between the Terminology Used in This Book for Instruments in the Dresden Codex and the Gates-Thompson Terminology 855
89. Glossary 857
90. References Cited 861
91. Index 887