This week’s news that archaeologists have discovered the long-lost city of Valeriana highlights one major part of Maya society: astronomical observatories. More than 6,000 structures unveiled ...

Preface -- The Maya and their codices -- Astronomical concepts and terminology -- Maya calendrical cycles and their notations -- The correlation of Maya and western calendars -- The structure of Maya ...

At that time, there was no advanced technology; they relied on naked-eye observations and were able to discern the patterns ...

Hong Kong: where it all began -- Shanghai: life under Japanese occupation -- Seattle: becoming an American -- Stanford and Germany: my first encounter with anthropology -- Harvard and France: becoming ...