. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 132 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 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 de- stroyed. They have, however, been restored with perfect assurance since the days in all instances are 1 Ahau and therefore must be separated by multi- ples of 260 days. The number in Gl has been restored as 5-5-8-0 or 37,960 or 13 X 2920. It con- tains 260 an even number of times and therefore every succes
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 132 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 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 de- stroyed. They have, however, been restored with perfect assurance since the days in all instances are 1 Ahau and therefore must be separated by multi- ples of 260 days. The number in Gl has been restored as 5-5-8-0 or 37,960 or 13 X 2920. It con- tains 260 an even number of times and therefore every successive period of 37,960 days begins with. v7/*//SjyrzM*/A77s^/rfs/y//r/s&^Ys/s*/s/yr/r,^^ Fig. 48. 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, mean- ing earth. the same day, 1 Ahau. It also equals 13 X 8 X 365 days or 104 years and 13 X 5 X 584 days or sixty- five revolutions of Venus. The three numbers to the left in PI, 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 of Natural History
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