[Aztlan] Olin article

[Gordon Whittaker]

Dear Paul and Mark,

The article at scribd.com is by Cyrus Thomas in a discussion of Maya day
names and their glyphs. It was published in 1897! Thus, it is completely
out of date and, in any case, has very little to say about Olin.

A paper devoted entirely to Olin (but focused on the aspect related to
earthquakes) has been published recently in the journal Indiana and can be
downloaded at:
<http://www.iai.spk-berlin.de/publikationen/indiana/bisherige-ausgaben/indiana-23.html>.
Here are the refs.:

Thiemer-Sachse, Ursula
Olin. Zur Bedeutung von Erdbeben und deren Registrierung bei den Azteken.
Indiana 23 (2006): 309-344.

It is the most detailed study of Olin available. However, the definitive
study of the subject, which would require command of Nahuatl and of
Nahuatl writing and iconography, has yet to be written.

I hope this helps.

Best,
Gordon



Paul -

In a Google search a good article appears at
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2155897/Day-Symbols-of-the-Maya-Year

Good luck!
Mark


From: macehual08 at gmail.com
Subject: [Aztlan] AZ: studies of "olin"
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:35:30 -0400
To: aztlan at lists.famsi.org

Could anyone recommend a book or article about "olin" (as a sign, a word, a
concept, etc.)?
I'm open to any disciplinary approach to the topic.

Thanks,
Paul

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