Time and reality in the thought of the Maya

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Time and reality in the thought of the Maya

by Miguel León-Portilla ; foreword by Sir J. Eric S. Thompson ; appendices by Alfonso Villa Rojas and Miguel León-Portilla ; translated by Charles L. Boilès, Fernando Horcasitas and the author

(The civilization of the American Indian series)

University of Oklahoma Press, c1988

2nd ed., enl

  • : pbk

統一タイトル

Tiempo y realidad en el pensiamento maya

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Previous ed.: Boston : Beacon, 1973

Bibliography: p207-220. - Includes index

Translation of: Tiempo y realidad en el pensamiento Maya

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内容説明

In this second English-language edition of one of his most notable works, Miguel Le n-Portilla explores the Maya Indians' remarkable concepts of time. At the book's first appearance Evon Z. Vogt, Curator of Middle American Ethnology in Harvard University, predicted that it would become "a classic in anthropology," a prediction borne out by the continuing critical attention given to it by leading scholars. Like no other people in history, the ancient Maya were obsessed by the study of time. Their sages framed its cycles with tireless exactitude. Yet their preoccupation with time was not limited to calendrics; it was a central trait in their evolving culture. In this absorbing work Le n-Portilla probes the question, What did time really mean for the ancient Maya in terms of their mythology, religious thought, worldview, and everyday life? In his analysis of key Maya texts and computations, he reveals one of the most elaborate attempts of the human mind to penetrate the secrets of existence.

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  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA33142274
  • ISBN
    • 0806123087
    • 0806123087
  • LCCN
    88040207
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    spa
  • 出版地
    Norman ; London
  • ページ数/冊数
    xxii, 229p
  • 大きさ
    21cm
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