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  2. Mesoamerican Long Count calendar - Wikipedia

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    Using as an example the Long Count date of 9.10.11.17.0 (Long Count date mentioned on the Palenque Palace Tablet), first calculate the number of days that have passed since the zero date (August 11, 3114 BCE; GMT correlation, in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar, September 6, −3113 Julian astronomical).

  3. Mesoamerican calendars - Wikipedia

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    The Long Count calendar identifies a date by counting the number of days from August 11, 3114 BCE in the proleptic Gregorian calendar or September 6, 3114 BCE in the Julian Calendar (-3113 astronomical). The Long Count days were tallied in a modified base-20 scheme. Thus 0.0.0.1.5 is equal to 25, and 0.0.0.2.0 is equal to 40.

  4. Category:Mesoamerican calendars - Wikipedia

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    This category is for articles relating to calendars and almanacs used by various Mesoamerican civilizations and peoples, most particularly in pre-Columbian times.. Note: Many aspects of the calendric systems which developed in Mesoamerica are common to most, if not all literate or pre-literate Mesoamerican cultures, although each developed, synchronised and named these in their own way.

  5. Mesoamerican chronology - Wikipedia

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    Aztec calendar (sunstone) Mesoamerican chronology divides the history of prehispanic Mesoamerica into several periods: the Paleo-Indian (first human habitation until 3500 BCE); the Archaic (before 2600 BCE), the Preclassic or Formative (2500 BCE – 250 CE), the Classic (250–900 CE), and the Postclassic (900–1521 CE); as well as the post European contact Colonial Period (1521–1821), and ...

  6. Detailed logarithmic timeline - Wikipedia

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    A version of the Mayan calendar aka. the Mesoamerican Long Count, uses the epoch of August 11 or 13, 3114 BC. The Mayan Long Count calendar is first used c. 236 BC. First chairs. [211] (Egypt) Early Dynastic Period of Egypt according to the Palermo stone. Papyrus invented in Egypt. Neolithic homes at Skara Brae on Orkney Islands, Scotland.

  7. Tōnalpōhualli - Wikipedia

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    The tōnalpōhualli (Nahuatl pronunciation: [toːnaɬpoːˈwalːi]), meaning "count of days" in Nahuatl, is a Mexica version of the 260-day calendar in use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. This calendar is solar and consists of 20 13-day periods. Each trecena is ruled by a different deity. Graphic representations for the twenty day names have ...

  8. Isthmian script - Wikipedia

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    The Isthmian script is an early set of symbols found in inscriptions around the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, dating to c. 500 BCE – 500 CE, though with dates subject to disagreement. It is also called the La Mojarra script and the Epi-Olmec script ('post-Olmec script').

  9. Aztec calendar - Wikipedia

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    Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71263-8. OCLC 71632174. Clavigero, Francesco Saverio (1807) [1787]. The history of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians.