Introduction | |
The Mesoamerican Calendar | |
Decipherment of Maya Glyphs | |
Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy | |
Overview of Contents | |
Contemporary Maya Images of the Heavens | |
The Seasonal Cycle | |
The Solar Calendar | |
Modern Maya Cosmic Diagrams | |
How the Sun Moves and Transforms | |
The Sun God | |
Images of Eclipses | |
The Lunar Rhythms | |
Lunar Agriculture | |
The Celestial Pair | |
The Moon Goddess | |
Venus among the Contemporary Maya | |
The Planets among the Contemporary Maya | |
Stars and Constellations | |
The Milky Way | |
Other Celestial Phenomena | |
Contemporary Maya Astronomy in Cultural Context | |
Naked-Eye Astronomy | |
Tracking the Solar Seasons | |
Lunar Positions and Phases | |
Eclipses | |
The Planets | |
The Stars and the Seasons | |
Precolumbian and Colonial Period Maya Solar Images | |
The Seasonal Cycle and the Solar Calendar | |
Solar Orientations in Architecture | |
The Sun in Precolumbian Maya Cosmic Diagrams | |
Concepts of the Sun's Motion | |
The Precolumbian Kin Glyph | |
The Sun God in the Colonial and Postclassic Periods | |
The Sun God at Chichen Itza | |
The Sun King | |
Classic Maya Images of the Sun God and Earlier Prototypes | |
The Monkey's Sun | |
The Solar Bird and Solar Fire | |
The Sun and Felines | |
Hunahpu and Hun Ahau | |
GIII: The Sun as the Middle Brother | |
The Sun in the Precolumbian Maya Worldview | |
Precolumbian and Colonial Period Lunar Images and Deities | |
Lunar Calendars | |
Colonial and Postclassic Eclipse Imagery | |
The Dresden Codex Eclipse Table | |
Classic Period Eclipse Imagery and Events | |
Maya Moon Glyphs and Symbols | |
Lunar Symbolism of Fish, Frogs, Toads, and Shells | |
The Moon and Rabbits | |
The Water-lily Jaguar | |
The Jaguar War God | |
The Jaguar Paddler: The Moon Paired with the Sun | |
The Lunar Twin: Xbalanque | |
The Classic Period Moon God in Monumental Art | |
The Young Moon Goddess in Colonial and Postclassic Times | |
The Aged Moon in Colonial and Postclassic Times | |
The Moon in the Postclassic Murals at Tulum | |
Lunar Deities at Chichen Itza | |
The Classic Maya Moon Goddess | |
The Ever-changing Moon | |
Venus and Mercury: The Body Doubles | |
Venus Observations among the Precolumbian Maya | |
Venus in the Popol Vuh | |
Colonial and Postclassic Images of Venus | |
The Dresden Codex Venus Pages | |
The Layout of Pages 46-50 | |
The Seasonal Aspects of Venus | |
Regents and Victims in the Venus Pages | |
Quetzalcoatl-Kukulcan: The Venus God from Central Mexico | |
Central Mexican Venus Symbols in the Maya Area | |
Maya Glyphs and Symbols Representing Venus | |
Venus Warfare | |
Lineage Founders and the Venus Cult | |
Tlaloc and the Storm God | |
Chac and God B in Colonial and Postclassic Yucatan | |
Classic Period Images of Chac | |
Chac and GI in the Classic Period | |
The Sidereal Position of Venus | |
Venus and the Moon | |
Mercury in Maya Imagery and Calendrics | |
The Inferior Planets in the Maya Worldview | |
The Celestial Wanderers | |
Colonial Period Images of the Superior Planets | |
Mars among the Precolumbian Maya | |
Monkey Deities and the Planets | |
God K in the Colonial and Postclassic Periods | |
The Classic Period God K and GII | |
Jupiter Events and God K on Classic Maya Monuments | |
Classic Period Calendar Records Relating to the Superior Planets | |
Assembly of the Gods | |
The Celestial Wanderers as Planetary Gods | |
Stars, the Milky Way, Comets, and Meteors | |
Comets, Meteors, and Supernovas | |
Images of Stars | |
The Maya Zodiac | |
The Pleiades | |
The Scorpion and Skeletal Snake Constellations | |
Orion and Gemini | |
The Peccary Constellation | |
Bird Constellations | |
Cross Constellations and Stellar Trees | |
The North Star and the "Dippers" | |
Central Mexican Images of the Milky Way | |
The Cosmic Monster and the Milky Way | |
Serpent Forms of the Milky Way | |
Four Roads in the Sky and Four Itzamnas | |
Classic Period Monuments with Images of the Milky Way | |
Rotating the Milky Way | |
The Maya in the History of World Astronomy | |
Guide to Astronomical Identities | |
Table of Classic Period Dates and Associated Astronomical Events | |
Table for Calculating the Tzolkin Intervals | |
Glossary | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
Plates | |
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