The 2012 phenomenon: Maya calendar, astronomy, and apocalypticism in the worlds of scholarship and global popular culture
Abstract
This essay introduces the papers from the specially organized session on the theme 'The 2012 phenomenon: Maya calendar, astronomy, and apocalypticism in the worlds of scholarship and popular culture'. The papers that follow address this topical theme in the contexts of Maya and Western cultures as well as academic and popular cultures.
- Publication:
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Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy: Building Bridges between Cultures.
- Pub Date:
- 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921311012609
- Bibcode:
- 2011IAUS..278..178C