2012 and the End of the World: The Western Roots of the Maya Apocalypse

161 Pages·2011·3.4 MB·English

by  Matthew Restall

2012 and the End
of the World
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2012 and the End
of the World
The Western Roots of
the Maya Apocalypse
Matthew Restall
and
Amara Solari
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.
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To the Dads
and
to Babu, Onchito, and Fifty
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Contents
ListofFigures ix
Introduction:YouReallyCanSurvive 1
1 TheHistoryoftheEndoftheWorld:TheMayaPrediction 7
2 TheyDeserveBetter:TheMayaEvidence 27
3 GodIsAngry:TheMillenarianMotherLode 49
4 TheMoctezumaFactor:TheEndoftheWorldComesto
Mexico 67
5 Apocalypto:TheMillenniumComestotheMaya 91
6 WeAreAlmostThere:WhyPeopleBelieve 113
SourcesandSuggestionsforFurtherReading 133
Index 141
AbouttheAuthors 147
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Figures
1. DanPiraro,‘‘Ionlyhadenoughroomtogoupto2012,’’
BizarroComic.Reproducedwiththekindpermissionof
DanPiraro. 2
2. Monument6fromElTortuguero.Drawingoftheright
panelbySvenGronemeyer(in2009),includingrevisions
byBarbaraMacLeod,HutchKinsman,andErikBoot(in
2010).Reproducedwiththeirkindpermission. 9
3. MapoftheMayaarea.Reproducedwiththekind
permissionofStephenD.HoustonandTakeshiInomata,
fromTheClassicMaya(CambridgeUniversityPress,2009,
p.4). 12
4. Stela25,Izapa.Drawingbytheauthors. 16
5. StelaC(southside)atQuirigua´,carvedin775.Photograph
bytheauthors. 18
6. StelaC(eastside)atQuirigua´,carvedin775.Drawingby
MatthewLooper,reproducedwithhiskindpermission. 19
7. TheInvocationoftheGodsandtheGrandDeluge,fromthe
DresdenCodex,pp.73–74.Artworkinthepublicdomain.
HeldbytheSa¨chsischeLandesbibliothek,Dresden. 22
8. Left:PortionofNaranjoAltar1:J5–J11(drawingbythe
authors,afterIanGraham);right:PortionofLaCorona
Panel2:V5–V8(drawingbytheauthors,afterDavid
Stuart). 29
9. TheTempleoftheCross,Palenque.Photographbythe
authors. 34
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