See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228492278 Early Maya Astronomy and Urban Planning at El Mirador, Peten, Guatemala Article in Anthropological Notebooks · January 2009 CITATIONS READS 22 708 3 authors: Ivan Šprajc Carlos Morales-Aguilar Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne 75 PUBLICATIONS 340 CITATIONS 21 PUBLICATIONS 48 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Richard D Hansen University of Utah 33 PUBLICATIONS 650 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Campeche & Quintana Roo Ceramics et al. View project Proyecto Petén Norte-Naachtun View project All content following this page was uploaded by Ivan Šprajc on 25 July 2014. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Ivan Šprajc, Carlos Morales-Aguilar, Richard D. Hansen: Early Maya Astronomy and Urban Planning at El Mirador, Peten, Guatemala Early Maya Astronomy and Urban Planning at El Mirador, Peten, Guatemala Ivan Šprajc Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts,
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[email protected] ABSTRACT Archaeoastronomical studies conducted thus far have shown that many important buildings of prehispanic Mesoamerican cities were oriented on an astronomical basis, predominantly to sunrises and sunsets on particular dates, allowing the use of observational calendars that facilitated an efficient scheduling of agricultural and associated ritual activities in the yearly cycle.