Star Gods of the Maya
by Susan Milbrath · first published 1999
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"This book reconstructs ancient Maya astronomy and cosmology through the astronomical information encoded in Precolumbian Maya art and confirmed by the current practices of living Maya peoples.". "This investigation yields new data and a new synthesis of information about the specific astronomical events and cycles recorded in Maya art and architecture. The first major study to focus on the relationship between art and astronomy in ancient Maya culture, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Precolumbian art history and anthropology, archaeoastronomy, ethnography, an
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…Mayans had some such thoughts and responded by killing people and pouring their blood on a rock as at http://books.google.com/books?id=DgqLplWtGPgC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA... from page 76 of Susan Milbrath, 'Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)', ISBN-13 978-0292752269, University of Texas Press, 2000. They didn't have enough solid science…
on “Who Will Suffer Most from Climate Change? (Hint: Not You)” ↗…quite a lot of US Federal money, money Trump is about to chop off. By the way, the Mayan stuff is from http://books.google.com/books?id=DgqLplWtGPgC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA... from page 76 of Susan Milbrath, Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies), ISBN-13 978-0292752269, University of Texas Press, 2000. with "Indeed, blood sacrifice is required…
on “Mapping 50 Years of Melting Ice in Glacier National Park” ↗…thermometer! That is, I want to see global temperatures measured with thermometers or maybe some accurate satellites and not with just pictures from some valley in Scotland. From page 76 of Susan Milbrath, 'Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)', ISBN-13 978-0292752269, University of Texas Press, 2000. there is "Indeed, blood sacrifice is…
on “Scotland ‘snow-free’ for fourth time in six years” ↗For a reference, as of Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at http://books.google.com/books?id=DgqLplWtGPgC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA... (but not now, no longer) from page 76 of Susan Milbrath, Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies), ISBN-13 978-0292752269, University of Texas Press, 2000. with "Indeed, blood sacrifice is required…
…and improve understanding of people see some all time great examples of good thinking, and then will have some good defenses against being fooled. E.g., there is from page 76 of Susan Milbrath, 'Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)', ISBN-13 978-0292752269, University of Texas Press, 2000. with "Indeed,…
on “The average college student today” ↗…Mayans killed people to pour their blood on a rock "to keep the sun moving across the sky" -- e.g., as at http://books.google.com/books?id=DgqLplWtGPgC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA... on page 76 of Susan Milbrath, 'Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)', ISBN-13 978-0292752269, University of Texas Press, 2000. with "Indeed, blood sacrifice is required…
on “Scientists caught off-guard by record temperatures linked to climate change” ↗…civilization. One current example of such mistakes is killing off the rhinoceroses to get their horns for use in Chinese medicine. For another such mistake, there is from page 76 of Susan Milbrath, Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies), ISBN-13 978-0292752269, University of Texas Press, 2000. with "Indeed, blood sacrifice is required…
on “Wildfires Are Raging Outside Every Major City in Australia” ↗…generate legs and run ASAP down to Antarctica? And, no, I won't send all my money now or vote for some politician who wants to give money and power to protect ozone in Antarctica. [1] Susan Milbrath, 'Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)', ISBN-13 978-0292752269, University of Texas Press, 2000.
on “We have surpassed 6 of the 9 planetary boundaries that sustain human life (2023)” ↗