http://www.metafilter.com/tags/mayapocalypse Posts tagged with 'mayapocalypse' at MetaFilter. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:11:21 -0800 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:11:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/121505/John%2DCusak%2Dwas%2Dunavailable%2Dfor%2Dcomment <a href="http://www.famsi.org/research/vanstone/2012/index.html">It's Not the End of the World: What the Ancient Maya Tell Us About 2012</a>. The Foundation for Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/76960/Everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-preColumbian-Central-America-but-were-afraid-to-ask-lest-your-heart-get-ripped-out-and-offered-to-Quetzalcoatl">FAMSI, previously</a>) has a series of in-depth &amp; visually rich presentations on Mesoamerican creation myths, concepts of time, and calendrics related to the up-coming (non)apocalypse. Presented in PDF format. <ul> <li><b>PART 1:</b><a href="http://www.famsi.org/research/vanstone/2012/2012Part1.pdf"> Introduction to the "2012 Issue"</a></li> <li><b>PART 2:</b><a href="http://www.famsi.org/research/vanstone/2012/2012Part2.pdf"> A look at the Creation</a></li> <li><b>PART 3:</b> <a href="http://www.famsi.org/research/vanstone/2012/2012Part3.pdf">Maya Conceptions of Time &amp; Truth</a></li> <li><b>PART 4:</b> <a href="http://www.famsi.org/research/vanstone/2012/2012Part4.pdf">Appendix: Technicalities of the Calendars</a></li> </ul> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.121505 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:11:21 -0800 2012 2012apocalypse apocalypse baktun calendrics famsi maya mayapocalypse mesoamerica pakalapprovedpost Panjandrum