The Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes

The Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes
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Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
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Download or read book The Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes written by Anthony F. Aveni and published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony F. Aveni gathers specialists from diverse fields to discuss temporal concepts gleaned from the people of Mesoamerica and the Andes. Essays address how they reckon and register time and how they sense time and its moral dimensions. To them, time is a feature of the process of perception, not just the sharp present ingrained in Western minds.


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