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Language: English
Published by Basic Books, 1991
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- Title
- Empires Of Time
- Author
- Anthony F. Aveni
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 046501951X
- ISBN 13
- 9780465019519
- Item weight
- 1.28 pounds
INSCRIBED by AUTHOR, Anthony Aveni, 1989 Basic Books trade paperback, Anthony F. Aveni (Stairway to the Stars). Aveni (astronomy and anthropology, Colgate) traces the development of Western timekeeping systems, comparing it to those of pre-Columbian America and of tribal societies. Discusses linear and cyclic approaches, and the relationship between timekeeping and political power. - Amazon
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About the Author
Anthony Aveni is the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropolgy, and Native Amerifan Studies at Colgate University. He has researched and written about Maya Astronomy for more than four decades. He was named a U.S. National Professor of the year and has been awarded the H.B. Nicholson Medal for Excellence in Research in Mesoamerican Studies by Harvard's Peabody Museum.
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