38927
Accession Number
38492
Title Of Article Chaper
El patrimonia gnomonico de Mexico: los cuadrantes solares colonials del estado de Yucatan = Gnomic Heritage of Mexico: Solar Quadrants from the State of Yucatan’s Colonial Era
Title Of Journal Book
Intervencion: Revista Internacional de Conservacion, Restauracion y Museologia
Volume
5
Issue
10
Pages
67-77
Collation
11 p. : ills.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references
Language Of Text
Spanish
Language Of Summary
Spanish;English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Gnomonic, the art of calculation, design and construction of sundials has existed among various cultures of the world from the earliest of times. In Mexico, observation of celestial bodies dates back to Mesoamerican times. With the arrival of European civilization many sundials were produced, of which many can be found up to the present, although some are in precarious state while others got lost. This report identifies and studies the presence of a series of sundials from the State of Yucatan, Mexico, located in religious buildings from the Colonial Era: a group of seventeen solar quadrants and a calendaric wheel have been registered as a first step towards their subsequent recovery process.
Keywords
gnomic;heritage;sundial
pub_id
38927