. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. Fig. 50. Representations of the Moon: a, sun and moon hiero- glyphs; l>, moon from a "celestial band"; c, moon hieroglyph used for 20 in codices. of a current lunation. There is some evidence that the Mayan lunar calendar in the fifth century A. D. had receded about four days from the true positions of the moon, the count being made from the new or conjunctional phase. "When, however, a new or full. Fig. 51. The Last Glyph of the Supplementary Series: a, moon glyph; combined
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. Fig. 50. Representations of the Moon: a, sun and moon hiero- glyphs; l>, moon from a "celestial band"; c, moon hieroglyph used for 20 in codices. of a current lunation. There is some evidence that the Mayan lunar calendar in the fifth century A. D. had receded about four days from the true positions of the moon, the count being made from the new or conjunctional phase. "When, however, a new or full. Fig. 51. The Last Glyph of the Supplementary Series: a, moon glyph; combined with the numeral 9 or 10 to indicate a 29 or a 30 day lunar month. phase actually coincided with an important round number in the day count special record of the fact was made. The lunar table in the Dresden Codex does not apply precisely to records of the First Empire but possibly may be adjusted to the times of the Second Empire. The indications are, however, too compli- cated to be examined in 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 of Natural History
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