Anthony F. Aveni is an archaeoastronomer, and this University of Texas Press book, a revised and updated edition of his earlier Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, is the standard scholarly account of Mesoamerican astronomy and calendrics, covering the Maya Tzolk'in and Haab cycles, the 52-year Calendar Round, the Long Count units and the GMT correlation used to align Maya dates with the modern calendar. Its strength is that Aveni combines archaeological, epigraphic and astronomical method, a genuinely interdisciplinary standard rare in either field alone. Its limit is that it surveys Mesoamerican systems broadly, so a claim needing detailed treatment of one specific site's astronomical alignment is better served by a study focused on that site.
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Published by the University of Texas Press as Anthony F. Aveni's academic study of ancient Mexican astronomy, peer reviewed university press scholarship. NotesStandard scholarly account of Mesoamerican astronomy and calendars, including the Maya Tzolk'in, Haab, the 52-year Calendar Round, the Long Count units, and the GMT correlation.
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AuthorAnthony F. Aveni
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
Publication Year2001
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Mexico directly: "of his earlier Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, is the standard scholarly account of Mesoamerican astronomy and calendrics, covering the Maya Tzolk'in and Haab cycles, the 52-year Calendar Round, the..."
Claims Backed By This Source (45 claims)
This source backs 45 claims across the atlas. As facts: 28 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 13 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Rituals, 12 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Constellations, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Long Count Units, 5 claims: 5 general references.
- Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Numbers, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Languages, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Calendars, 2 claims: 2 general references.
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