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- Title
ASTRONOMICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MAYA HIEROGLYPHIC NOTATIONS AT XULTUN.
- Authors
AVENI, ANTHONY F.; SATURNO, WILLIAM; STUART, DAVID
- Abstract
The article discusses the astronomical character of a set of 9th-century Maya inscriptions found on the walls of a residential home in the ancient city of Xultun, Guatemala. The authors argue that the hieroglyphic inscriptions display a lunar synodic month semester table and day tallies that are connected to Maya calendar and astronomical cycles. Because these inscriptions contain similar information to that found in 15th- and 16th-century Mayan astronomical texts, the authors conclude that Maya astronomical calculation originated in an earlier period than previously thought.
- Subjects
MAYA astronomy; ASTRONOMY tables; MAYAN inscriptions; LUNAR tables; HIEROGLYPHICS; MAYA calendar; MOON
- Publication
Journal for the History of Astronomy, 2013, Vol 44, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0021-8286
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/002182861304400101