. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 120 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA or 12 x 2920. To be sure the scribe made a slight error in one place, writing a 5 for an 8 but this is caught up by the day signs 9 Ahau, 4 Ahau, 7 Ahau, 12 Ahau, etc., that fall at regular intervals of 2920 days. From section 3, the calculation jumps to section 1 where the numbers in the original are partly destroyed. They have, however, been restored with perfect assur- ance since the days in all instances are 1 Ahau and there- fore must be separated by multipl
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 120 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA or 12 x 2920. To be sure the scribe made a slight error in one place, writing a 5 for an 8 but this is caught up by the day signs 9 Ahau, 4 Ahau, 7 Ahau, 12 Ahau, etc., that fall at regular intervals of 2920 days. From section 3, the calculation jumps to section 1 where the numbers in the original are partly destroyed. They have, however, been restored with perfect assur- ance since the days in all instances are 1 Ahau and there- fore must be separated by multiples of 260 days. The number in Gl has been restored as 5-5-8-0 or 37,960 or 13x2920. It contains 260 an even number of times and therefore every successive period of 37,960 days. Fig. 45. Mayan Ceremony as represented in the Dresden Codex. The figure at the left beats a drum while the one on the right plays a flageolet. The sound is indicated by scrolls. The head on the pyramid is that of the Maize God and it rests upon the sign caban, meaning earth. begins with the same day, 1 Ahau. It also equals 13x8x365 days or 104 years and 13x5x584 days or sixty-five revolutions of Venus. The three numbers to the left in Fl, El, and Dl are respectively 2, 3, and 4 times 37,960. The last number, 151,840 days is therefore equal to 416 years or exactly 8 calendar rounds of 18,980 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967. New York [American Museum Press]
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