{"product_id":"skywatchers-anthony-f-aveni-9780292705029","title":"Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkywatchers of Ancient Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e helped establish the field of archaeoastronomy, and it remains the standard introduction to this subject. Combining basic astronomy with archaeological and ethnological data, it presented a readable and entertaining synthesis of all that was known of ancient astronomy in the western hemisphere as of 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this revised edition, Anthony Aveni draws on his own and others' discoveries of the past twenty years to bring the Skywatchers story up to the present. He offers new data and interpretations in many areas, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe study of Mesoamerican time and calendrical systems and their unprecedented continuity in contemporary Mesoamerican culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe connections between Precolumbian religion, astrology, and scientific, quantitative astronomy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe relationship between Highland Mexico and the world of the Maya and the state of Pan-American scientific practices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe use of personal computer software for computing astronomical data\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith this updated information, \u003ci\u003eSkywatchers\u003c\/i\u003e will serve a new generation of general and scholarly readers and will be useful in courses on archaeoastronomy, astronomy, history of astronomy, history of science, anthropology, archaeology, and world religions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony F. Aveni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292705026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292705029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.92h x 7.06w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 47 - Recommended\/Special Interest\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthony F. Aveni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994824311039,"sku":"9780292705029","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_785d82cf-0c49-45da-b94b-56b06656937a.jpg?v=1683332392","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/skywatchers-anthony-f-aveni-9780292705029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}