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A new view of the origin and diffusion of Mesoamerican calendrical systems.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter 1. Questions, Hypotheses, and Assorted Detours
Chapter 2. Humans and Environment in the Americas
Chapter 3. Strange Attraction: The Mystery of Magnetism
Chapter 4. New Windows on the World: Working the Land and Sailing the Sea
Chapter 5. The Olmec Dawning
Chapter 6. The Long Count: Astronomical Precision
Chapter 7. Calendar Reform and Eclipses: The Place of Edzná
Chapter 8. The Golden Age
Chapter 9. The Twilight of the Gods
Chapter 10. Dawn in the Desert: The Rise of the Toltecs
Chapter 11. People of the Pleiades: The Aztec Interlude
Chapter 12. The Long Journey: A Retrospective
References
Index

About the Author

Vincent Malmström is Professor of Geography at Dartmouth College.

Reviews

"Never have I been so impressed and excited as I was after perusing Malmstrom's book. It has everything ... an exciting revisionist thesis ... and truly important conclusions." --Terry G. Jordan, Walter Prescott Webb Chair in Geography, University of Texas at Austin