Circling the square
Subtitle: how the conquest altered the shape of time in Mesoamerica
By: Anthony Aveni
Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- v. 102, pt. 5; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- v. 102, pt. 5.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781606180259
Subjects: Calendar; Maya calendar; History
Description: "Examines 'the historical underpinnings of the sea change in the pictorial representation of calendrical time that took place in Hispanic Mesoamerica.' Discusses the deeply entrenched circular view of time in the West and the indigenous temporal representations in square or quadrangular form. The post-contact representation of time is thus an example of how fundamental native concepts were affected by the clash of cultures we call the Spanish conquest"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [101]-109) and index.