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The Ritual Practice of Time
Calendars of Mesoamerican civilisations are subjected to what is categorised as “ritual practices of time”. This book is a comparative explication of rituals of time of four calendars: the Long Count calendar, the 260-day calendar, the 365-day calendar and the 52-years calendar. Building upon a comparative analytical model, the book contributes new theoretical insights about ritual practices and temporal philosophies. This comprehensive investigation analyses how ritual practices are represented and conceptualised in intellectual systems and societies. The temporal ritual practices are systematically analysed in relation to calendar organisation and structure, arithmetic, cosmogony and chronometry, spatial-temporality (cosmology), natural world, eschatology, sociology, politics, and ontology. It is argued that the 260-day calendar has a particular symbolic importance in Mesoamerican temporal philosophies and practices.
The Bondsmen Midnight Murders
Jack and Ryan are back, and they have a new case. This time they have to track a vampire, or at least a man that believes himself to be one. Peter Mathews is a victim of a horrible upbringing, but does that excuse him for his actions as an adult? Is he really a vampire? These are just a couple of the questions that run through the bounty hunters' minds as they hunt for their fugitive on their most gruesome case yet.Follow along with the heroes as they stumble across corpses, rescue victims, and try to stop the crazed serial killer before he strikes again. Try to figure out if Peter is one of the undead, or just a psychotic man that's fallen victim to his own delusions.
Classic Maya Political History
This volume is the first to present in detail the results of recent decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing and to consider the implications of a Classic Maya written history. Contributors examine the way in which the Maya elite created the kinship, alliance, warfare and ceremonial networks on which the civilization was founded.
The Underground Railroad
Provides a look at the network known as the Underground Railroad - that mysterious "system" of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. This work also explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible.
