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The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives by Heather McKillop

The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives Heather McKillop ebook
Page: 472
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Format: pdf
ISBN: 1576076962, 9781576076965

€�This study is extremely significant and I think it opens up a whole new perspective on the Maya and animal domestication,” Pohl said. Jan 25, 2010 - The ancient Maya, a civilization that thrived in Mexico and Central America centuries ago, kept accurate calendars; one of them marks the end of a 5,126-year cycle, or the Long Count, on December 21, 2012. Aug 21, 2012 - A new analysis of complex interactions between humans and the environment preceding the 9th century collapse and abandonment of the Central Maya Lowlands in the Yucatán Peninsula points to a series of events — some natural, like climate In their revised model of the collapse of the ancient Maya, social scientists B.L. Aug 9, 2012 - Researchers say discovery of the bones from an ancient Mayan archaeological site in Guatemala provides evidence of domestication, usually a significant mark of civilization, and the earliest evidence of the Mexican turkey in the Maya world. "Billie" Turner and Jeremy "Jerry" A. Arguelles insists that the Mayan calendar is explicit in denoting the dates of One such statement, refutes Arguelles' calculations, and gives an fascinating perspective on what may have gone on behind the scenes prior to the Harmonic Convergence. Apr 19, 2012 - The Lost Secrets of Maya Technology – Part 2 By James O'Kon Note: The following is The Lost Secrets of Maya Technology excerpt (presented with permission from Publisher) The Quest for Maya Technology Begins As the dugout canoe slid through. That should “It has helped me to embrace our varying perspectives as diversity rather than division,” she says. But Parcak says the “How exciting for those of us alive today to witness the dawning of both a new millennium and the end and beginning of the Maya Long Count! On?site discovery and scientific analysis was required to develop a new archaeological perspective relative to the technology of the Maya. Dec 18, 2012 - Arguelles' inspiration for this came as a result of a vision he received in 1983 and from intense study of the ancient Mayan spiritual/cultural calendars. We were traveling downriver to the ancient Maya city of Yaxchilan. The study appears online in PLoS ONE today.