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The Maya Calendar: A Book of Months, 400-2000 Ce

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Availability:In StockContributor:Weldon LambPublish date:3/2/2017Pages:360
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806155692ISBN-10:806155698UPC:9780806155692Book Category:Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Time, Translating & Interpreting, Indigenous StudiesSize:10.10 x 8.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:2.3413Product ID:SC2TAFY95M

The Maya Calendar: A Book of Months, 400-2000 Ce


By 1,800 years ago, speakers of proto-Ch'olan, the ancestor of three present-day Maya languages, had developed a calendar of eighteen twenty-day months plus a set of five days for a total of 365 days. This original Maya calendar, used extensively during the Classic period (200-900 CE), recorded in hieroglyphic inscriptions the dates of dynastic and cosmological importance. Over time, an...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806155692ISBN-10:806155698UPC:9780806155692Book Category:Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Time, Translating & Interpreting, Indigenous StudiesSize:10.10 x 8.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:2.3413Product ID:SC2TAFY95M
Lamb, Weldon: - Weldon Lamb is Retired Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at New Mexico State University and a student on Maya astronomy, calendrics, and hieroglyphic writing.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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