Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America
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Preface. Introduction, part 1
25:46 -
Introduction, part 2
26:45 -
Chapter I - The Archaic Horizon
29:33 -
Chapter II - The Maya Civilization, part 1
31:01 -
Chapter II - The Maya Civilization, part 2
33:20 -
Chapter II - The Maya Civilization, part 3
41:06 -
Chapter III - The Middle Civilizations, part 1
29:14 -
Chapter III - The Middle Civilizations, part 2
26:51 -
Chapter IV - The Aztecs, part 1
33:26 -
Chapter IV - The Aztecs, part 2
32:01 -
A Cross-Section of New World History
8:19
Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America (1928) is a public domain work.
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Calendars, carved monuments and pottery provide the evidence for Herbert Joseph Spinden's account of early Mexico and Central America. This archaeological handbook moves through successive periods, from early agriculture and figurines to ancient cities, other regional cultures and the Aztecs. Its contents bring architecture and decorative arts into the same discussion as religious beliefs, writing and social organization, giving readers several ways to approach the region's past.
A detailed passage on Venus shows how Spinden connects astronomical observation with the interpretation of records. He examines the planet's recurring appearances, the numerical structure of calendar calculations and tables preserved in the Dresden Codex. Published in a revised edition in 1928, the book offers a view of how an anthropologist of that period assembled material from objects, inscriptions and written sources. Readers interested in the history of archaeology can follow his effort to turn scattered evidence into a chronology.
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- Herbert Joseph Spinden
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