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Sketch of the sunrise horizon, San Francisco peaks, east of the Hopi villages in northern Arizona

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TitleSketch of the sunrise horizon, San Francisco peaks, east of the Hopi villages in northern Arizona

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SubjectsSan Francisco Peaks (Ariz.)Sun--Rising and settingHopi Indians

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Pre-Columbian Images of Time

Anthony F. Aveni

Description: The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes

The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes

What is time? Saint Augustine answered, in effect: if you do not ask me, I know what it is; it is only when I am asked to express it in words that I have a problem. Ideas about time, modes of reckoning it, ways of using it—these form one sphere among a universe of beliefs and customs viewed through the distinctive cultural lenses of diverse indigenous peoples. These ideas differed greatly from the temporal notions held by the Europeans who came to these shores half a millennium ago. The …

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Anthony F. Aveni

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Copyright© 1992 The Art Institute of Chicago

Related print edition pages: pp.49-59

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00118.007

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Chapter subject tags:Art, Ancient AmericanIndigenous peoples--North AmericaIndigenous peoples--South AmericaCalendars, Ancient AmericanMaya architectureTeotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)Cuzco (Peru)--HistoryRites and ceremonies, Ancient AmericanCosmology, Ancient American

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