Calendar

Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica by Anne Dowd (2020)

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Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica by Anne Dowd (2020) Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica is an interdisciplinary tour de force that establishes the critical role astronomy played in the religious and civic lives of the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica. Providing extraordinary examples of how Precolumbian peoples merged ideas about the … Read more

Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World by John M Steele (2021)

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Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World by John M Steele (2021) Understanding the calendars used by ancient and medieval cultures is essential to the writing of history. Equally important, however, is understanding the basis upon which our current knowledge of these calendars rests. Also Review The Astrotheology Calendar … Read more

The Astrotheology Calendar Guide by D M Murdock (2011)

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The Astrotheology Calendar Guide by D M Murdock (2011) This guide book comprises the text from The 2010 Astrotheology Calendar and The 2011 Astrotheology Calendar, updated and made available without the images of the months and monthly tables. Although they are often overlooked, calendars constitute one of the most important cultural artifacts of human creation. Not only do … Read more

The Calendar: The 5000-year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens and What Happened to the Missing Ten Days by David Ewing Duncan

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The Calendar: The 5000-year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens and What Happened to the Missing Ten Days by David Ewing Duncan The 5,000-year struggle to align the heavens with the clock and what happened to the missing ten days. Measuring the daily and yearly cycle of the cosmos has never been entirely … Read more

Astrology, Almanacs, and the Early Modern English Calendar by Phebe Jensen

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Astrology, Almanacs, and the Early Modern English Calendar by Phebe Jensen Astrology, Almanacs, and the Early Modern English Calendar is a handbook designed to help modern readers unlock the vast cultural, religious, and scientific material contained in early modern calendars and almanacs. It outlines the basic cosmological, astrological, and medical theories that undergirded calendars, traces the … Read more