Discovering Discovery: Chich’en Itza, the Dresden Codex Venus Table and 10th Century Mayan Astronomical Innovation (2016)
Aldana, Gerardo Villalobos (Author)
Archaeoastronomy: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 57-76
Publication date: 2016
Language: English
A new reading of Dresden Codex Page 24, the “Preface” to the Venus Table, is presented, demonstrating a much-improved overall coherence. This reading of hieroglyphic text, mathematical intervals, and calendric data specifically identifies the Mayan Long Count dates of the Venus Table’s historical correction. The resulting Long Count placement of the manuscript’s Venus Table suggests that it was an indigenous astronomical discovery made at Chich’en Itza, possibly under the patronage of K’ak’ U Pakal K’awiil — one of the most prominent historical figures in the inscriptions of the city during its “epigraphic florescence.” Revealing the logic underlying the construction of the page, the revised reading suggests a slightly less-accurate approximation to Venus’s synodic period than the traditional interpretation allows, but introduces a justification for the graphical layout of Page 24 that is more straightforward than traditional interpretations.
...MoreSimilar Citations
Article
N. L. Furbee;
R. J. Jiménez;
(2016)
Disarticulated Dual Seasons And Maya Cosmology In Highland Maya Communities
Article
S Iwaniszewski;
(2014)
The Mesoamerican 6,940-day Cycle Reconsidered
Article
Steven R. Gullberg;
(2015)
Marking Time in the Inca Empire
Article
Ivan Šprajc;
Pedro Francisco Sánchez Nava;
(2016)
Astronomy and Architecture in the Maya Lowlands
Article
Jeffrey Ryan Vadala;
Susan Milbrath;
(2016)
Using Virtual Reality to Understand Astronomical Knowledge and Historical Landscapes at Preclassic Cerros, Belize
Article
Steven Gullberg;
J McKim Malville;
(2014)
The River Intihuatana: Huaca Sanctuary on the Urubamba
Article
Ivan Leibowicz;
Ricardo Moyano;
Alejandro Ferrari;
Félix Acuto;
Cristian Jacob;
(2016)
Archaeoastronomy on Inca Sites in the Argentine Northwest
Article
R. Perez-Enriquez;
J. Galindo Trejo;
(2016)
Basis Of A Gnomonic Paradigm In Mesoamerica: The Case Of Mayapan
Article
Stanislaw Iwaniszewski;
Jesús Galindo Trejo;
(2016)
The Starry Deer Caiman and Structure 44 at Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico
Article
R. Moyano;
(2016)
The Crossover Among The Incas In The Collasuyu
Article
S. Iwaniszewski;
(2016)
Another Look At The Lunar Series At Dos Pilas, Guatemala
Article
Aldana, Gerardo;
(2007/2008)
Glyph G and the Yohualteuctin: Recovering the Mesoamerican Practice of Time Keeping and Nightly Astrology
Book
Emiliano Gallaga;
Marc Gordon Blainey;
(2016)
Manufactured light: Mirrors in the Mesoamerican realm
Book
Cowgill, George L.;
(2015)
Ancient Teotihuacan: Early Urbanism in Central Mexico
Article
Ivan Šprajc;
(2024)
Maya and Aztec astronomy: Skywatching in prehispanic Mesoamerica
Article
Tedlock, Dennis;
Tedlock, Barbara;
(2002/2003)
The Sun, Moon, and Venus among the Stars: Methods for Mapping Mayan Sidereal Space
Article
Aylesworth, Grant R.;
(2004)
Astronomical Interpretations of Ancient Maya E-Group Architectural Complexes
Article
Grofe, Michael J.;
(2011)
The Sidereal Year and the Celestial Caiman: Measuring Deep Time in Maya Inscriptions
Article
Anthony F. Aveni, William Saturno;
Stuart, David;
(2013)
Astronomical Implications of Maya Hieroglyphic Notations at Xultun
Article
Mendez, Alonso;
Barnhart, Edwin L.;
Powell, Christopher;
Karasik, Carol;
(2005)
Astronomical Observations from the Temple of the Sun
Be the first to comment!