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The 2012 phenomenon: Maya calendar, astronomy, and apocalypticism in the worlds of scholarship and global popular culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2011

John B. Carlson  and
Mark Van Stone
John B. Carlson
Affiliation:
Center for Archaeoastronomy, P.O. Box X, College Park, MD 20741-3022, USA University Honors College, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA email: [email protected]
Mark Van Stone
Affiliation:
School of Arts & Communication, Southwestern College, 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910, USA email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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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.

Keywords

Maya calendarMaya astronomy2012 phenomenonapocalypticismeschatology
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S278: “Oxford IX” International Symposium on Archaeoastronomy , January 2011 , pp. 178 - 185
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

References

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