The Aztec Calendar Handbook - Softcover

Jimenez, Randall C., Ph.D.; Graeber, Richard B.

 
9780966116311: The Aztec Calendar Handbook
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0966116313 ISBN 13: 9780966116311
Verlag: Creative Media Pub Corp, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

New Book Bridges Ancient Wisdom with Modern Technology! The ancient wisdom ascribed is found behind the creation of a 500-year-old artifact, the Aztec Calendar. To the Natives it was Teoilhuicatl Apaluaztli Ollin Tonal Machiotl meaning the Great and Venerable Mechanism of the Universe. Dr. Randall C. Jimenez, a former San Jose State University educator, and Richard B. Graeber, an engineering documentation specialist, have collaborated to create the first Technical Manual for the Aztec Calendar ever produced. [Note: The Aztec name was given to the Mechican Indians (ch as in chevron; sometimes spelled Mexican) by the writer W. H. Prescott in the early 19th century.] The Aztec Calendar Handbook, involving thousands of man-hours of effort to create, takes a blueprint style approach to a Historical Reference primer. Illustrated with over 150 technical drawings showing enlargement details, cut-away views, and computer-generated art, this new guidebook has been called the "ultimate" Aztec Calendar reference treatise. Distilled from over 240 sources and quoting direct eyewitnesses from the 1500's, it further includes a glossary of over 230 native words. This attractive book is made with parchment paper and has a leather-grained cover, making it resemble an ancient manuscript.The research for writing the Aztec Calendar Handbook was assisted by custom software to convert Native date designators into our modern calendar dating system. In this way, a researcher is able to convert and track the dates of events from surviving native history books, known as codices. Mountains of information could be processed more efficiently and accurately when correlating indigenous dates. Inversely, a Julian date can also be converted into the Mayan long-count system. It is then possible for the Mechican calendar-labeling scheme to be transposed over the count to generate a person's Aztec tonallo or spiritual name from their birth date. According to Native tradition, our current long-count cycle will be complete on the winter solstice 2012. A long-count cycle, credited to the Olmec/-Maya, is 5125 years and started in the year 3113BC. No one is really sure what will happen when the cycle ends, but the material in this book offers a solid foundation for figuring it out. By looking at myths, legends & history with an Aztec's perception of God, this new Manual provides needed answers to some important questions. Would you like to know about how and when the Maya influenced the design of the Aztec Calendar? Have you ever seen the Hopi version of the Plumed Serpent? Would you like to put the last 12,000 years into perspective? If so, then your library needs the Aztec Calendar Handbook. You will find yourself referring to it over and over again. No stone has been left unturned.

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Bio: Dr. Randall C. Jimenez Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor, Mexican-American Studies at San Jose State University (retired), holds a doctorate degree in Education from University of California, Berkeley. An educator for thirty years, researched and taught American history from an indigenous viewpoint. During that time, directed several community agencies. An active historian, he has participated in archeological digs in Mexico and California. Among his published works are numerous magazine articles, El Alma Chicano, a series of short stories, The Voices of Matatlan (a novel), Mucho Boleto Pero No Tren; Many tickets But No Train (an epic poem), Chicano Paradigms and the Aztec Calendar Handbook (non-fiction).Other interests: Human development, Philosophy, Ancient American Archeology, Physical Geography ________________________________ Bio: Richard B. Graeber Accomplished researcher, writer and technical documentation specialist with a background in Mechanical Engineering. Attended West Valley College, San Jose State University; ASME. Specializing in research, product design & development for large and small companies in Silicon Valley since 1974. Wrote and published: JavaScript eCommerce Programming Guide, Sometimes the Truth Isn't,Prophecy of the Aztec, The Aztec Calendar Handbook (co-authored), Published: Muchos Boleto Pero No Tren (Many Tickets But No Train), The Traveling Medicine Man Show, Chicano Studies Paradigms; A Journal. Other Interests: Molecular Biology, Philosophy, Ancient history, Web programming

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What follows is a description of a magical city. Can you place it? There was an enchanted land long ago where deer frolicked on rolling meadows of grass with manicured flower beds under graceful willow trees. Birds of many sizes and bright plumage soared from the branches where squirrels played. All of the animals were tame. The climate was always mild. The sweet fragrance of flowers and ripe fruit of many varieties hanging from carefully attended trees, scented the air. Butterflies filled the sky. Waterfalls and streams fed fountains and ponds filled with brightly colored fish. Handsome brick houses, smooth tile streets and dramatic carved temples of polished marble and granite mingled with the sweeping gardens of lush beauty. Devoutly religious, the people were humbled before the eyes of their spiritual powers. These god-fearing beings were governed by eight guiding commandments given to them by their Supreme Creator. Missionaries would go out and convert the unenlightened. They gave thanks for their bounty. Theft was unknown. True wealth was measured by a person s charity. The poor, the old, the crippled were provided for. Well stocked hospitals were available to everyone at no charge. Citizens were the epitome of cleanliness, bathing daily in the steam rooms, sometimes twice. For leisure pleasures they read books, listened to musical orchestras or marveled at jugglers and acrobats. Birdmen soared above the heads of amazed spectators at the festivals.Intellectuals and philosophers bested each other in poetry and natural sciences. The universities turned out architects, engineers, artists, sculptures, accountants, medical doctors, attorneys, scribes as well as the finest of the breed to manage their grand cities. The Chief Spokesman was chosen, based on ability, by a council of experienced leaders. A full compliment of civil services kept the bustling metropolises running smoothly. A medical profession, far advanced in herbal medicine, tended to the needs of the population that had swelled to fifty million citizens. At the markets, the quality and quantity of goods was so vast, to shop took days. Lumber, concrete, plaster, glass lenses, bronze bells, fine linen, emeralds, gold and jade could be purchased along with roast turkey, broiled swordfish, pineapple, tomatoes, potatoes, avocados, cigars, wine, hot chocolate and even flavored snow. This monstrous market was managed with deft rectitude. The people lived and governed for the good of all. They were considerate of the Earth, most everything was recycled, and there was little waste. The well-constructed roads were swept daily and had rest stations for passerby s to relieve themselves. The bridges, dams and dwellings were built with precision and of definitive quality. They understood the Sun to be another star. This is Aztec Mexico in the Spring of 1519 before being discovered by Europe.

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Verlag
Creative Media Pub Corp
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0966116313
ISBN 13 
9780966116311
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
4
Anzahl der Seiten
102
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