TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pharo,Lars Kirkhusmo
TI  - The ritual practice of time: philosophy and sociopolitics of Mesoamerican calendars 
T2  - The early Americas : history and culture
SN  - 9789004252363
AV  - F1435.3.C14 P43 2013
U1  - 529/.32978427 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Maya calendar
KW  - Mayas
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
KW  - Maya philosophy
KW  - Aztec calendar
KW  - Aztecs
KW  - Aztec philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- I The Ritual Practice of Time of the Long Count Calendar of the  Classic Maya Civilisation -- The Ritual Practice of Time of the 260-day Calendar and the 365-day Calendar of the Postclassic Yucatec Civilisation -- II The Ritual Practice of Time of the 260-day Calendar of the Postclassic Yucatec Civilisation -- III The Ritual Practice of Time of the 365-day Calendar of the Postclassic Yucatec Civilisation -- IV The Ritual Practice of Time of the 52-year Calendar of the Postclassic Aztec Civilisation -- V A Comparative Analysis of Ritual Practice of Time -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - Calendars of Mesoamerican civilisations are subjected to what is categorised as “ritual practices of time”. This book is a comparative explication of rituals of time of four calendars: the Long Count calendar, the 260-day calendar, the 365-day calendar and the 52-years calendar. Building upon a comparative analytical model, the book contributes new theoretical insights about ritual practices and temporal philosophies. This comprehensive investigation analyses how ritual practices are represented and conceptualised in intellectual systems and societies. The temporal ritual practices are systematically analysed in relation to calendar organisation and structure, arithmetic, cosmogony and chronometry, spatial-temporality (cosmology), natural world, eschatology, sociology, politics, and ontology. It is argued that the 260-day calendar has a particular symbolic importance in Mesoamerican temporal philosophies and practices
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004252363
ER  -