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Chapter Chapter 1. . . Writing Writing Numbers Numbers with ith Bars Bars and and and Dots Dots A Maya glyph from Copán that denotes 15 periods of about 20 years each, or about 300 years. 6
THE BASICS: THE NUMBER ZERO AND BASE 20 The ancient Maya created a civilization that was outstanding in many ways. They were great artists. They were one of only three civilizations in the world that invented a complete writing system. They were also great mathematicians, time keepers, astronomers, and architects. In this book you will learn a little about their calendar and about their mathematics that allowed them to make so many scientific advancements. One of the truly great accomplishments of the ancient Maya, and something which has been done only twice in the history of the world, was the “invention” of the number zero. Although we don’t think much about the number zero, it makes writing and working with numbers much easier. Think about how you would write a number that contains a zero (for example, 20, 101, or 1023), if you could not use a zero to write the number. The Europeans never invented the zero. The Romans, for example, never had a zero and so most of their numbers were quite hard to write, and their mathematics very difficult and cumbersome. The Europeans eventually borrowed the number zero from the Arabs, who themselves borrowed it from India. 7
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Page 5: Appendix 3 - Haab Patrons for Intro
Page 9 and 10: Our Number The Maya Number 1 = 2 =
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Page 13 and 14: . 18 = 19 = . Note that you never u
Page 15 and 16: NUMBERS GREATER THAN 19 19? So far,
Page 17 and 18: 20 = (because 20 = 1x20 + 0x1) Now,
Page 19 and 20: Now, as before, when we want a digi
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Page 23 and 24: In the upper position we have two d
Page 29 and 30: 400 = (because 400 = 1x20x20 + 0x20
Page 31 and 32: NUMBERS GREATER THAN 7999 When we g
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Page 37 and 38: Six (wak) - Identified by the hatch
Page 39 and 40: Fourteen (chanlajun) - Same as the
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Page 49 and 50: K’an Chikchan Kimi Manik’ Lamat
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Page 53 and 54: Chikchan Chikchan represents the fe
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Kaban Kaban represents the Earth. (
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year, i.e. day 8 Chuwen occurs two
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Sek (Kasew) Xul (Chikin) Yaxk’in
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Muwan (Muwan) Pax (Paxil) K’ayab
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So, the day after 19 Pop is not 20
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THE CALENDAR ROUND Okay, now you kn
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The number that will be in effect i
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Chapter Chapter 4. . Counting Count
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a date given by the ancient Maya. K
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The simple glyph for Winal resemble
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tells of events that happened about
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So, here is the day April 12, 1997
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• The Long Count usually starts r
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Now see if you can read the date fr
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So, you are ready to start reading
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G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 G8 G9 G9 The followi
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TIME AND THE MOON 89 Ixchel, the Mo
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o The position of the current lunar
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We are now at the end of our study
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According to Maya traditions, the f
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7 Ajaw / 7 Ajpu’: Day to ask prot
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(Correlation = GMT) Appendix 22. 2
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Gregorian Date Tzolk’in Haab Long
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Appendix Appendix 3. 3. Haab Haab P
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Bibliography Bibliography Bibliogra
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• Except as noted, all individual
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• Stela with Date of 13.00.00.00.
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