At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky An Andean Cosmology

Name: At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky An Andean Cosmology
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ISBN: 9780292704046

ISBN-10: 0292704046

ISBN-13: 9780292704046

Edition: 1981 (Reprint)

Authors: Gary Urton

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Above Misminay, the sky also is so divided by the alternation of the two axes of the Milky Way passing through the zenith. This mirror-image quadri-partition of terrestrial and celestial spheres is such that a point within one of the quarters of the earth is related to a point within the corresponding celestial quarter. The transition between the earth and the sky occurs at the horizon, where sacred mountains are related to topographic and celestial features.Based on fieldwork in Misminay, Peru, Gary Urton details a cosmology in which the Milky Way is central. This is the first study that provides a description and analysis of the astronomical and cosmological system in a contemporary…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 7/1/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 268
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Gary Urton is Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University.