Yucatecan Chronological Systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2561442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R B Weitzel (Washington Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1947 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-58 |
| Publication date | 1947-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/275754 |
| OpenAlex | W2328450800 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The natives of Yucatan employed successively three different chronological systems that had Maya nomenclature. These systems will be designated in the order of their appearance: the old Maya calendar, distinguished by a long count; the Mexicanized calendar, distinguished by a shift in the month coefficients; and the Europeanized calendar, distinguished by the fixation of 10 Chen on January 1 and of 1 Pop on July 16.The old Maya calendar is a system with an ascending order of units based on twenty, except the tun where eighteen is used. The value of each order is expressed by a coefficient that may range from zero to nineteen, excepting the uinal where the range is from zero to seventeen
Ancient history · Archaeology · CONQUEST · Genealogy · Maya · Range (aeronautics) · Engineering · History · Latin American history and culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |