Astronomy in the Maya codices /
Bricker, Harvey M.
Bricker, Victoria Reifler,1940-
Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 861-885) and index.
Preface -- The Maya and their codices -- Astronomical concepts and terminology -- Maya calendrical cycles and their notations -- The correlation of Maya and western calendars -- The structure of Maya codices -- Deities and ceremonies -- The natural environment and agriculture -- Venus and Mercury -- Eclipses -- Mars -- Seasons of the tropical year -- Stars -- The astronomical knowledgs of the ancient  Maya -- The question of Jupiter and Saturn -- Concordance between the terminology used in this book for instruments in the Dresden Codex and the Gates-Thompson terminology.
Maya astronomy.
Manuscripts, Maya.
Inscriptions, Mayan.