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Mayan Calendar

Mayan Calendar. By Oliver Thode. History. Stela - carved stone monuments Read from top to bottom Symbolic picture glyphs. Theory 1: Agricultural. The number of days between planting and harvest is about 260. Theory 2: Biological. The length of time between conception and birth.

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Mayan Calendar

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  1. Mayan Calendar By Oliver Thode

  2. History • Stela - carved stone monuments • Read from top to bottom • Symbolic picture glyphs

  3. Theory 1: Agricultural • The number of days between planting and harvest is about 260.

  4. Theory 2: Biological • The length of time between conception and birth

  5. Theory 3: Geographical • 15° parallel • 260 days • sun to reach its zenith

  6. Theory 4: Mathematical • Base 20 numbering system • Number of digits • 13 appears

  7. The starting point • calendar starts at • 4 Ahau 8 Kumku or… August 13, 3114 BC

  8. Four Calendar System • Tzolk'in • Haab • Long Count • Calendar Round

  9. Extent of Use They lived in a place called Mesoamerica

  10. Month • 18 months • 20 days in a month

  11. Numbering System

  12. Tzolk'in- The Sacred Round • Made of 20 names, glyphs, and 13 tones

  13. Haab • very similar to the Gregorian calendar • based on the cycle of the sun • 360 days long

  14. Long Count tracks a period of 5,125.36 years called a Great Cycle

  15. 5 Spirit Days • Five "nameless days" the wayeb • Believed the gods rested, leaving Earth unprotected.

  16. Thompson Correlation • Dresden Codex

  17. We won’t die • They have wrongly predicted the world’s end many times

  18. Quiz 1. A Uinal is, A. 20 days, B. A warrior, or C. 144000 2. The Calendar began on A. 12/21/12 BCE, B. 9/13/14 BC, C. 9/20/00 BC 3. This presentation was, A. awesome, B. unbelievably wicked, C. life-changing

  19. Quiz answers 1. How long is a Uinal? A. 20 days 2. When did the Mayan calendar start? B. 9/13/14 BC 3. Was this presentation Awesome, Unbelievably Wicked, or Life-Changing D. All of the above

  20. A special thanks to… • You • Me • Yo • Moi • Mir • Mulle

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