Subject: Re: [HM] Maya calendars
From: Ivan Van Laningham (ivanlan@callware.com)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2000 - 19:38:06 EST
Hi All--
Karen Dee Michalowicz wrote:
>
> These are some of the references I used when I started studying the
> pre-Columbian mathematics of the Western Hemisphere.
>
> Karen Dee Michalowicz
>
> Brown, D., Ed. The Magnificent Maya. Alexandria, VA: Time Life Books, 1993.
> Close, Michael, Ed. Native American Mathematics. Austin, TX: University of
> Texas Press, l990.
> Coe, M. Breaking the Maya Code. New York: Thames and Hudson, Inc., l992.
> Fash, W. Scribes, Warriors and Kings. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., l991.
> Henderson, J. The World of the Ancient Maya. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
> University Press, 1981.
> Houston, S. Reading the Past - Maya Glyphs. London: The British Museum
> Publications, l989.
> Huff, S. The Mayan Calendar Made Easy. Mexico: Area Maya, l984.
> Morley, S. & Brainerd, G. Revised by Sharer, R. The Ancient Maya. Stanford,
> CA: Stanford University Press, 4th Edition, l983.
> Schele, L & Freidel, D. A Forest of Kings. New York: William Morrow
> Company, Inc., l990.
These are all excellent books (although I have not seen Huff's book),
but will not provide enough information if the subject under inquiry is
the mechanics of the calendar. The only decent reference for the
workings (but not the formulae needed) is J. Eric S. Thompson's last
edition of _Maya Hieroglyphic Writing: An Introduction_. Norman, U of
Oklahoma Press: 1970.
For the actual formulae, you need either two of Floyd Lounsbury's
publications ( see http://www.pauahtun.org/calendar.html ) or you need
to refer to one of my web pages, for example,
http://www.pauahtun.org/calround.html .
Take care,
Ivan
Ivan Van Laningham
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