Michael P Clo
Biographic Data
| ID | 247311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael P Clo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael P |
| FAMILY NAME | Clo |
| SIGNATURE | CLO M P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Response to Coggins and Bricker
Coggins and Bricker have accepted my phonetic reading of one version of the north glyph as xaman, "north." Nevertheless, they maintain that the traditional north-south axis in Maya directional symbolism pertains more properly to a zenith-nadir axis. In my response I argue against that position and provide evidence that the cardinal directions played a fundamental role in mesoamerican cosmology. These directions are interpreted in a relatively loo…
Native American Mathematics
Preface *1. Native American Number Systems (Michael P. Closs) *2. Numerical Representations in North American Rock Art (William Breen Murray) *3. Some Notes on Quantification and Numerals in an Amazon Indian Language (Maurizio Covaz Gnerre) *4. The Calendrical and Numerical Systems of the Nootka (William J. Folan) *5. Chumash Numerals (Madison S. Beeler) *6. Cultural Ecology of Mathematics: Ojibway and Inuit Hunters (J. Peter Denny) *7. Tallies a…
The Penis-Headed Manikin Glyph
One of the most exotic Maya glyphs consists of a seated figure having a head that appears to be a penis. This paper argues that the head is indeed a penis and provides an interpretation and a linguistic decipherment for the glyph. The glyph can be read as xib'ah 'underworld lord' (Cholan) or xib'alb'a 'underworld, underworld lord' (Yucatec). It is an epithet for a major Maya deity who was both god of Venus and Lord of the Underworld. In one case,…
A Phonetic Version of the Maya Glyph for North
The symbolic variant of the Maya glyph for north is claimed to be a phonetic construction xa-ma-n(a) generating the Yucatec term xaman, 'north.' The reading supports the notion that Maya directional symbolism was related to the horizon and disagrees with recent revisionist theory that such symbolism was related to the path of the sun across the sky and through the underworld
Classic Maya Prediction of Solar Eclipses [and Comments and Reply]
Work by earlier scholars has shown that the Dresden Codex contains a table of temporal intervals appropriate to the cyclic occurrence of solar eclipses. This paper demonstrates that if the Maya calendrical dates in the table are converted to the Gregorian calendar by using the so-called Modified Thompson 2 correlation constant, the table gives very accurate warnings of solar eclipses for the late-8th-century A.D. span to which it refers. During t…
A Truncated Initial Series from Xcalumkin
The Maya text on an all-glyphic stone column now in the Museo del Camino Real in Hecelchakan, Campeche, Mexico, is deciphered. The inscription consists of an unusual truncated Initial Series with an associated Tun-Ahua statement. Arguments are given to justify assigning a Xcalumkin provenance to the monument. The Initial Series is only the third such record known from this site. Other epigraphic highlights include a rare head variant formation of…
The Initial Series on Stela 5 at Pixoy
The recently discovered Stela 5 at Pixoy is of particular interest because its Initial Series contains lunar glyphs as coefficients for the 3 lowest periods. While lunar glyphs do not appear in any other known Initial Series, they are to be found in other chronological counts. A study of the moon sign usage in these other counts leads to the conclusion that Stela 5 records the Long Count position 9.14.0.0.0 in a nontraditional manner as the Initi…
The Nature of the Maya Chronological Count
Most investigators of Maya chronology consider that the Maya measured time intervals by a modified vigesimal count of days or, alternatively, by a tun count in which the uinal and the kin were fractions of the tun. The claim is made that neither of these interpretations is satisfactory and that the Maya perceived their time count to be a composite count comprised of three distinct counts whose respective units are the tun, the uinal and the kin. …
New Information on the European Discovery of Yucatan and the Correlation of the Maya and Christian Calendars
It has been known since 1972 that Ponce de Leon discovered Yucatan in 1513. New information confirming this is found in the books of Chilam Balam where the Maya record that the Spanish first arrived in their land at that time. The sundry data indicate that 8 July 1513 (N.S.) falls in Tun 13 of Katun 2 Ahau. This relation provides a new test for correlations of the Maya and Christian calendars. The Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation passes the …
Classic Maya Prediction of Solar Eclipses [and Comments and Reply]
Work by earlier scholars has shown that the Dresden Codex contains a table of temporal intervals appropriate to the cyclic occurrence of solar eclipses. This paper demonstrates that if the Maya calendrical dates in the table are converted to the Gregorian calendar by using the so-called Modified Thompson 2 correlation constant, the table gives very accurate warnings of solar eclipses for the late-8th-century A.D. span to which it refers. During t…
Native American Mathematics
Preface *1. Native American Number Systems (Michael P. Closs) *2. Numerical Representations in North American Rock Art (William Breen Murray) *3. Some Notes on Quantification and Numerals in an Amazon Indian Language (Maurizio Covaz Gnerre) *4. The Calendrical and Numerical Systems of the Nootka (William J. Folan) *5. Chumash Numerals (Madison S. Beeler) *6. Cultural Ecology of Mathematics: Ojibway and Inuit Hunters (J. Peter Denny) *7. Tallies a…
A Phonetic Version of the Maya Glyph for North
The symbolic variant of the Maya glyph for north is claimed to be a phonetic construction xa-ma-n(a) generating the Yucatec term xaman, 'north.' The reading supports the notion that Maya directional symbolism was related to the horizon and disagrees with recent revisionist theory that such symbolism was related to the path of the sun across the sky and through the underworld
Response to Coggins and Bricker
Coggins and Bricker have accepted my phonetic reading of one version of the north glyph as xaman, "north." Nevertheless, they maintain that the traditional north-south axis in Maya directional symbolism pertains more properly to a zenith-nadir axis. In my response I argue against that position and provide evidence that the cardinal directions played a fundamental role in mesoamerican cosmology. These directions are interpreted in a relatively loo…
The Nature of the Maya Chronological Count
Most investigators of Maya chronology consider that the Maya measured time intervals by a modified vigesimal count of days or, alternatively, by a tun count in which the uinal and the kin were fractions of the tun. The claim is made that neither of these interpretations is satisfactory and that the Maya perceived their time count to be a composite count comprised of three distinct counts whose respective units are the tun, the uinal and the kin. …
The Penis-Headed Manikin Glyph
One of the most exotic Maya glyphs consists of a seated figure having a head that appears to be a penis. This paper argues that the head is indeed a penis and provides an interpretation and a linguistic decipherment for the glyph. The glyph can be read as xib'ah 'underworld lord' (Cholan) or xib'alb'a 'underworld, underworld lord' (Yucatec). It is an epithet for a major Maya deity who was both god of Venus and Lord of the Underworld. In one case,…
A Truncated Initial Series from Xcalumkin
The Maya text on an all-glyphic stone column now in the Museo del Camino Real in Hecelchakan, Campeche, Mexico, is deciphered. The inscription consists of an unusual truncated Initial Series with an associated Tun-Ahua statement. Arguments are given to justify assigning a Xcalumkin provenance to the monument. The Initial Series is only the third such record known from this site. Other epigraphic highlights include a rare head variant formation of…
New Information on the European Discovery of Yucatan and the Correlation of the Maya and Christian Calendars
It has been known since 1972 that Ponce de Leon discovered Yucatan in 1513. New information confirming this is found in the books of Chilam Balam where the Maya record that the Spanish first arrived in their land at that time. The sundry data indicate that 8 July 1513 (N.S.) falls in Tun 13 of Katun 2 Ahau. This relation provides a new test for correlations of the Maya and Christian calendars. The Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation passes the …
The Nature of the Maya Chronological Count
Most investigators of Maya chronology consider that the Maya measured time intervals by a modified vigesimal count of days or, alternatively, by a tun count in which the uinal and the kin were fractions of the tun. The claim is made that neither of these interpretations is satisfactory and that the Maya perceived their time count to be a composite count comprised of three distinct counts whose respective units are the tun, the uinal and the kin. …
The Initial Series on Stela 5 at Pixoy
The recently discovered Stela 5 at Pixoy is of particular interest because its Initial Series contains lunar glyphs as coefficients for the 3 lowest periods. While lunar glyphs do not appear in any other known Initial Series, they are to be found in other chronological counts. A study of the moon sign usage in these other counts leads to the conclusion that Stela 5 records the Long Count position 9.14.0.0.0 in a nontraditional manner as the Initi…
Classic Maya Prediction of Solar Eclipses [and Comments and Reply]
Work by earlier scholars has shown that the Dresden Codex contains a table of temporal intervals appropriate to the cyclic occurrence of solar eclipses. This paper demonstrates that if the Maya calendrical dates in the table are converted to the Gregorian calendar by using the so-called Modified Thompson 2 correlation constant, the table gives very accurate warnings of solar eclipses for the late-8th-century A.D. span to which it refers. During t…
A Truncated Initial Series from Xcalumkin
The Maya text on an all-glyphic stone column now in the Museo del Camino Real in Hecelchakan, Campeche, Mexico, is deciphered. The inscription consists of an unusual truncated Initial Series with an associated Tun-Ahua statement. Arguments are given to justify assigning a Xcalumkin provenance to the monument. The Initial Series is only the third such record known from this site. Other epigraphic highlights include a rare head variant formation of…
Response to Coggins and Bricker
Coggins and Bricker have accepted my phonetic reading of one version of the north glyph as xaman, "north." Nevertheless, they maintain that the traditional north-south axis in Maya directional symbolism pertains more properly to a zenith-nadir axis. In my response I argue against that position and provide evidence that the cardinal directions played a fundamental role in mesoamerican cosmology. These directions are interpreted in a relatively loo…
Native American Mathematics
Preface *1. Native American Number Systems (Michael P. Closs) *2. Numerical Representations in North American Rock Art (William Breen Murray) *3. Some Notes on Quantification and Numerals in an Amazon Indian Language (Maurizio Covaz Gnerre) *4. The Calendrical and Numerical Systems of the Nootka (William J. Folan) *5. Chumash Numerals (Madison S. Beeler) *6. Cultural Ecology of Mathematics: Ojibway and Inuit Hunters (J. Peter Denny) *7. Tallies a…
The Penis-Headed Manikin Glyph
One of the most exotic Maya glyphs consists of a seated figure having a head that appears to be a penis. This paper argues that the head is indeed a penis and provides an interpretation and a linguistic decipherment for the glyph. The glyph can be read as xib'ah 'underworld lord' (Cholan) or xib'alb'a 'underworld, underworld lord' (Yucatec). It is an epithet for a major Maya deity who was both god of Venus and Lord of the Underworld. In one case,…
A Phonetic Version of the Maya Glyph for North
The symbolic variant of the Maya glyph for north is claimed to be a phonetic construction xa-ma-n(a) generating the Yucatec term xaman, 'north.' The reading supports the notion that Maya directional symbolism was related to the horizon and disagrees with recent revisionist theory that such symbolism was related to the path of the sun across the sky and through the underworld
History (8 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Latin American history and culture (7 works) · Maya (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works)