Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar
The Maya calendar is actually a system of distinct calendars and almanacs used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Haab
The Haab was the Maya solar calendar made up of eighteen months of twenty days each and a five day month at the end of the year known as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Venus Cycle
Another important calendar for the Maya was the Venus cycle. The Maya were excellent astronomers, and could calculate the Venus cycle ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Long Count
Since Calendar Round dates can only distinguish within 18980 days, equivalent to around 52 solar years, the cycle repeats roughly once ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - General Overview
The most important of these calendars is one with a period of 260 days. This 260-day calendar was prevalent across all Mesoamerican socie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Tzolk'in
Mayanists have bestowed the name tzolkin (or tzolk'in, in the revised orthography which is now preferred) on the Maya version of the Meso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Calendar Round
Neither the Tzolkin nor the Haab system numbered the years. The combination of a Tzolkin date and a Haab date was enough to identify a da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Maya Concepts Of Time
With the development of the place-notational Long Count calendar (believed to have been inherited from other Mesoamerican cultures), the ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vii - M
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VII - M . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article