LAS SERIES LUNARES EN YAXCHILÁN
LAS SERIES LUNARES EN YAXCHILÁN

Author(s): Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
Subject(s): Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Lunar Series; 886-day cycle; 3396-day cycle
Summary/Abstract: The Lunar Series at Yaxchilan are reconstructed. The paper demonstrates that the Maya used two intervals of 886 and 3396 days to make regular intercalations. At Yaxchilan, the first Lunar Series combined observation with the record. Later on, they relied on computations.

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