Title of Article: Calendar
Link to article: http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-60226
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- Basic structure of Mayan calendar is common to the civilized part of ancient Middle America
- Ritual cycle of 260 named days but a total of 36 in a year
- 52 years of 365 days called "Calendar Round"
- Name for 260-day cycle for Mayans is unknown
- some authorities call it the Tzolkin or the Divinatory Calendar, the Ritual Calendar, or day cycle
- Mayan calendar has nothing to do with astronomy
- Determinants-"indicate with a remarkable degree of accuracy how far the 365-day year had diverged from the solar year since the beginning of the Long Count,"-the article stated abov
- When did the Mayan calendar end?
- How was the Mayan calendar found?
- When was the Mayan calendar created?
