[Aztlan] Mayan Constellations

[David Hixson]

--- "Mario F. Malo" <troycabo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Listeros:   Did the Maya have star constellation's
> as we know them?   If so, do we know the formations
> and names?         Mario Malo
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Dear Mario,

Anthony Aveni and the Brickers (Harvey and Victoria)
have done quite a lot of work on the Maya zodiac.  The
references are at the bottom of this fairly succinct
web page:

http://www.mayacodices.org/discovery.asp

Note that most folks reference the Paris codex when
discussing the Maya zodiac.  Other zodiacal references
are found in murals, such as at Chichen Izta and (I
believe) Bonampak.

One thing I always found curious was that our western
"Scorpio" might have likewise been a scorpion in the
Maya view of the stars.

-Dave

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David R. Hixson
Aztlan Moderator &
Doctoral Candidate
Tulane University
Dept. of Anthropology
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