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a. Glyphs of katuns, tuns, and u<strong>in</strong>als. Draw<strong>in</strong>g (after J. Eric S. Thompsorç<br />

1950, Maya Hieroglyphíc Writ<strong>in</strong>g ) as Figure 13 <strong>in</strong><br />

León-Portilla, 1988, Time and Reality <strong>in</strong> the Thought of the Maya, 4g.<br />

b. Maya calendrical periods <strong>in</strong> glyphs:<br />

<strong>in</strong>troductory glyph; kí nh ('1., day);u<strong>in</strong>al (20 days, i.e., Z}k<strong>in</strong>s);<br />

tun (18 u<strong>in</strong>als, or360 days); katun (20 tuns, or7200 days); *rd,boktur.<br />

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Leaflet 25, chicago, Ill<strong>in</strong>ois: Field Museum of Natural History, Anthropology)<br />

as Fig. 5.5, p. l_50, <strong>in</strong><br />

Weaver, 1,993, The Aztecs, Maya, and Their predecessors.

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