Mayan astronomical ephemerides achieve high precision
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Retrieved studies indicate that Maya codices and inscriptions contain sophisticated records of celestial cycles such as Venus, Mars, and seasonal years, but they offer partial evidence regarding high numerical precision in ephemerides.
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# MAYA ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AND THE AGRICULTURAL CYCLE IN THE POSTCLASSIC MADRID CODEX
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## Abstract
Research presented here demonstrates that an unusual almanac in the Madrid Codex (pages 12–18) integrates observations of the Venus cycle with eclipse events in the context of the agricultural year. Imagery in the 260-day almanac represents eclipse glyphs associated with Tzolkin dates that coordinate with eclipses visible in Yucatan during the fifteenth century, indicating the almanac dates to the Late Postclassic. The almanac also depicts seasonal events i
Maya Observations of Very Long Periods of Venus - Stephen C. McCluskey, 1983
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Measuring deep time: the Sidereal Year and the Tropical Year in Maya inscriptions | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union | Cambridge Core
# Measuring deep time: the Sidereal Year and the Tropical Year in Maya inscriptions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 July 2011
Michael J. Grofe
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Maya inscriptions contain numerous examples of long intervals of time that count both backward and forward from a fixed point of historical reference to specific mythological dates, often thousands of years in the past or future. This paper considers the evidence that these intervals incorporated precise calculations of both the sidereal year and the tropical year. Furthermore, it outlines a specific methodology for assessing the likelihood that these distance numbers were either intentionally calculated to incorporate these ast
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