Response to Coggins and Bricker
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7604947 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael P Clo, Michael P Closs (University of Ottawa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 402-411 |
| Publication date | 1988-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/281030 |
| OpenAlex | W2325871249 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
Coggins and Bricker have accepted my phonetic reading of one version of the north glyph as xaman, "north." Nevertheless, they maintain that the traditional north-south axis in Maya directional symbolism pertains more properly to a zenith-nadir axis. In my response I argue against that position and provide evidence that the cardinal directions played a fundamental role in mesoamerican cosmology. These directions are interpreted in a relatively loose sense as sectors on the horizon and not as cardinal points. In particular, the north direction is viewed as a sector on the horizon centered at a point which is approximately 14 degrees east of north. The evidence includes three independent proofs of the cardinal direction hypothesis. These proofs specifically implicate the four Maya directional glyphs as symbols of the four cardinal directions
Archaeology · Cardinal direction · Epistemology · Geography · Geometry · Horizon · Mathematical proof · Point (geometry) · Categorization, perception, and language · History · Latin American history and culture · Mathematics · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2018 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |