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Mayan Numbers

Mayan Numbers. Basics. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 7. 9. 10. 19. Zero & Place Values. 20. 400. 8000. Place values. 8000. 8000’s. 400’s. 2800. 40. 20’s. 1’s. +. 6. 10846. Addition. Eight-teen Rabbit and Six Sky want to buy a new ball at the market. A ball

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Mayan Numbers

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  1. Mayan Numbers

  2. Basics 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 . . . . . . . . 9 10 19

  3. Zero & Place Values 20 400 8000

  4. Place values 8000 8000’s 400’s 2800 40 20’s 1’s + 6 10846

  5. Addition Eight-teen Rabbit and Six Sky want to buy a new ball at the market. A ball costs cacao beans, Eight-teen Rabbit has cacao beans and Six Sky has cacao beans, together do they have enough cacao beans to buy a new ball? + =

  6. = + 3603 4521 918

  7. Subtraction - = 450 121 329

  8. Codices “We found a large number of books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which there were not to be seen superstition and lies of the devil, we burned them all…” - Friar Diego de Landa • Four Codices • Madrid Codex – 22 feet long contains horoscopes and almanacs. • Paris Codex – Mayan religion and zodiac, is in poor condition. • Grolier Codex – fragmented, seems to be dedicated to the cycles of Venus. • Dresden Codex – is in best condition although some damage was sustained during World War II

  9. Dresden Codex • 11½ ft. long and contains 74 folios with text and paintings in bright colors. • 1-15: almanacs and astrology • 16-23: dedicated to the Moon Goddess • 25-28: details new year ceremonies • 29-45: agricultural almanacs • 46-50: plot the cycles of Venus stretching back 300 years • 61-73: are annual flood and storm recordings • 74: deals with the end of the current world cycle • Strictly business in terms of mathematics. • Invaluable in the deciphering of the Mayan written system.

  10. Dresden Codex

  11. Yuri Valentinovich Knorosov

  12. TatianaProskouriakoff

  13. The Calendar Round • The basic unit was the K’in or day • Each K’in was its own entity and had to be properly worshiped. • The Tzolk’in or Sacred Calendar • 260 days • Made up of two calendars that fit together like the gears of a clock • The first gear was a count from 1 to 13 • The second gear was a series of 20 glyphs representing the god to be worshiped. • The Haab or vague year • 365 days • 18 months each with 20 days • One 5 day month known as Wayeb was considered unlucky and dangerous

  14. Start date 0.0.0.0.0 (August 13, 3114 B.C.) 20 k’ins = 1 winal (0.0.0.1.0) 20 day 18 winals = 1 tun (0.0.1.0.0) 360 days 20 tuns = 1 k’atun (0.1.0.0.0) 7200 days 20 k’atuns = 1 b’ak’tun (1.0.0.0.0) 144,000 days 13 b’ak’tuns = new era of creation (13.0.0.0.0) 1,872,000 days 1,872,000 – 1,870,302 = 1,698 days until the next creation event. Long Count Calendar 1728000 144000’s 136800 7200’s 12.19.15.5.2 (05/08/2008) 5400 360’s 20’s 100 1’s 2

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