Directory of Mayan Resources

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• Calendar

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• Dresden Codex

  http://www.baktun.de/English/Dating_the_eclipse_table/dating_the_eclipse_table.html
  Dating the eclipse table of the Dresden Codex, with solution of the correlation problem. Technical.

• Maya Calendar

  http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_stud/maya/cont.htm
  An explanation of the long count, the tzolkin-haab and the relation between the Maya Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar.

• Mesoamerican Archaeoastronomy

  http://www.jqjacobs.net/mesoamerica/meso_astro.html
  A review of prehispanic astronomic knowledge: numeration, calendars, dates, stelae, codices and architecture. Extensive bibliography

• Sun key to Mayan misery?

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1337859.stm
  The BBC report on a theory that Mayan astronomy may have been inspired by fluctuations in the brightness of the sun.

• The Maya Astronomy Page

  http://www.michielb.nl/maya/
  Contains study of Maya mathematics, geographical orientation, writing, calendar, and Maya-related links.

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