Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, Anthony F. Aveni's 1980 study from the University of Texas Press, is a foundational scholarly work in archaeoastronomy examining Mesoamerican astronomy and calendrics. Its strength is that Aveni effectively founded the field of Mesoamerican archaeoastronomy and this is a peer-reviewed academic monograph. Its limit is that later archaeological and epigraphic work has refined some of its site-specific readings, so a current claim should be checked against more recent scholarship too.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: a foundational peer reviewed academic monograph from the University of Texas Press by the scholar who effectively founded the field, later work having refined some of its site specific readings. NotesScholarly study of astronomy and calendrics in ancient Mexico, University of Texas Press, 1980.
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AuthorAnthony F. Aveni
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
Publication Year1980
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Mexico directly: "Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, Anthony F."
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Calendars, 2 claims: 2 general references.
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