. Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Mayas; Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America; Mayas; Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America; Inscriptions, Mayan; Maya calendar. 116 THE AltCHAIC MAYA IXSCEIPTIONS. thing about this extract to me is that it practically establishes my theory of the bissextile sign and one of its uses. The two reckonings from 5 Laraat-1 Mol to 8 Ahau-13 Top cover the same interval—fully notated, in the ordinary way, in the second instance: 10—11—10—5x8. In the first instance only
. Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Mayas; Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America; Mayas; Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America; Inscriptions, Mayan; Maya calendar. 116 THE AltCHAIC MAYA IXSCEIPTIONS. thing about this extract to me is that it practically establishes my theory of the bissextile sign and one of its uses. The two reckonings from 5 Laraat-1 Mol to 8 Ahau-13 Top cover the same interval—fully notated, in the ordinary way, in the second instance: 10—11—10—5x8. In the first instance only 12—9x8 of this period is notated in the usual manner, leaving 10—10—17—14x0 to be accounted for by the bissextile glyph and the one preceding it. This reckoning is the equivalent of 1,518,400 days, or exactly 80 calendar rounds. It is not expressed here in days, years, or calendar rounds, however, but by bissextile periods of four years each, of which 1040 are required to make up the count. That I am unable yet to construe the figures into that number does not shake my faith or induce me to ascribe an unwarranted value to any of them. I have learned to be patient, and can wait; the knowledge will surely come. I have expressed my conviction that a year and day count runs collaterally with the ahau reckoning in most instances, and that frequently the computation is carried on by that means alone, confessing at the same time my inability to discover the plan on which it is conducted. I shall give some examples here that may possibly be reckonings of that character:—. These two glyphs are found quite frequently together. I take them to be a formula denoting 64 days, as in one instance they occur where that number of days is indicated in the ordinary manner likewise. They are an equivalent, I think, of this other formula:—. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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