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Gerardo Aldana
teaches courses on ancient Mesoamerica in the Department of Chicana
and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Primarily, he focuses on the study of the Classic Maya intellectual
community by examining their artistic, hieroglyphic, and scientific
products. Recently, Professor Aldana presented "El Trabajo del
Alma de Janahb Pakal: La Cuenta de 819 dias y La Politica de Kan Balam"
at the IV Mesa Redonda de Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico. He has published
several articles including, "Solar Stelae and a Venus Window:
Science and Royal Personality at Late Classic Copan" and "’K'in
in the Hieroglyphic Record." He is currently working on a book
that recovers the meaning of the enigmatic "819-day count"
and places it in its context |