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Lamb, Weldon, 1953- author.
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Maya calendar.
Months -- Terminology.
Mayan languages -- Terminology.
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The Maya calendar : a book of months, 400-2000 CE / Weldon Lamb.
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Lamb, Weldon, 1953- author.
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2017.
Subjects
Maya calendar.
Months -- Terminology.
Mayan languages -- Terminology.
ISBN:
9780806155692 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
0806155698 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Series:
Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas.
Description:
xviii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- The ancient Maya hieroglyphic calendars -- The ethnographic calendars -- The Maya month names : forms and meanings -- The Maya month initial dates -- Continuity in sound and sense -- Appendix A. Phonemes of languages relevant to Maya hieroglyphic writing -- Appendix B. Sites with affiliated languages -- Appendix C. Innovative hieroglyphic month names -- Appendix D. Stemmas -- Appendix E. Index to counterparts to stemmas -- Appendix F. Themes with traditions -- Appendix G. Zenith passage dates by culture, site, and latitude.
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"This reference work collects, defines, and relates the month names in every recorded Maya calendrical tradition, starting from their creation as hieroglyphics during the Classic period (200-900 CE) to the present day."--Provided by publisher.
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