Anthony Aveni
Anthony Aveni is the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies Emeritus at Colgate University. He has written or edited more than forty books, including Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos and The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012.
Apocalyptic Anxiety
Religion, Science, and America's Obsession with the End of the World
- Copyright year: 2016
Class Not Dismissed
Reflections on Undergraduate Education and Teaching the Liberal Arts
- Copyright year: 2014
The Madrid Codex
New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript
Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy
A Reader with Commentary
Empires of Time
Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures, Revised Edition
"Aveni . . . explores the interplay of culture and time in this edifying and readable cross-cultural study of timekeeping through the ages."
—The Sciences
Heart of Creation
The Mesoamerican World and the Legacy of Linda Schele
Of interest to professionals as well as generalists, this collection will stand as a marker of the state of Mayan studies at the turn of the 21st century and as a tribute to the remarkable personality, Linda Schele, who guided a large part of that archaeological research for more than two decades.
- Copyright year: 2002
Uncommon Sense
Understanding Nature's Truths Across Time and Culture
Aliens Like Us?
An Anthropologist’s Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life
- Copyright year: 2025