[Contributions to North American ethnology, volume 5 (1882)
Rau, Charles, 1826-1887, Fletcher, Robert, 1823-1912, Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910 · Washington : Government Printing Office · leaf 288
day, Sunday, Monday, &c. The Maya year contained 365 days and consisted of two unequal pai-ts, as follows: 360 days, or the year proper, divided into eighteen months of twenty days each; and five intercalary days, which were added at the end in order to complete the number 365. The eighteen months… … Fu;. 3. — Month characters. The year always commenced with the same month — Pop — the others invariably following in the order given, so that the number of the month being given we know its name. But eighteen montlis of twenty days each not completing the year, five days were added after the close…
Sculpture, Primitive · Indians of North America -- Medicine · Trephining · Manuscripts, Maya · Archaeology · Indian art -- North America · Maya calendar · Mayan languages -- Writing
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