Circling the Square. How the Conquest Altered the Shape of Time in Mesoamerica
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2012. Wraps. Glossy illustrated wraps. 116 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, with a small section of color plates. A study of the representation of time in preconquest Mesoamerica, dispelling misconceptions that Mesoamerican cultures represented time in circular form, instead giving it square representation. Aveni looks..... More