LA ORIENTACIÓN CALENDÁRICO-ASTRONÓMICA Y UN POSIBLE ORIGEN ASTRONÓMICO DEL NUMERAL TRECE EN MESOAMÉRICA
THE CALENDRIC-ASTRONOMICAL ORIENTATION AND A POSSIBLE ASTRONOMICAL ORIGIN OF NUMBER THIRTEEN IN MESOAMERICA
Author(s): Jesús Galindo Trejo
Subject(s): Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Mesoamerica; calendar; architectural orientation; solar observation
Summary/Abstract: The number thirteen is an essential element in Mesoamerican ideology that could be used to enumerate the heavenly layers, order the ritual ceremonies, and create the organization of time in the form of a calendar that remained in force for several millennia. The paper presents different proposals that attempt to explain the choice of 13 and its essential role in the practice of architectural orientation. It proposes a new observational way to understand the reason behind such a choice made by Mesoamerican priest-astronomers.
Book: La vida bajo el cielo estrellado: la arqueoastronomía y etnoastronomía en Latinoamérica
- Page Range: 183-195
- Page Count: 13
- Publication Year: 2021
- Language: Spanish, Portuguese
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