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Tim Roufs University of Minnesota Duluth

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Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 487.

Maya Mathematics

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Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 487.

Maya Mathematics

http://mayacalendar.com/mayamath.html

http://mayacalendar.com/mayamath.html

http://www.usu.edu/anthro/origins_of_writing/mayan_calendar/

http://www.geocities.com/a1ma_mia/alma.html

http://www.michielb.nl/maya/calendar.html

http://www.michielb.nl/maya/calendar.html

http://mayacalendar.com/mayacalendar.html

http://www.usu.edu/anthro/origins_of_writing/mayan_calendar/

http://www.usu.edu/anthro/origins_of_writing/mayan_calendar/

http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-mayan.html

http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-mayan.html

Mathematics

Gregorian Calendar•followed the Julian Calendar which hadbeen used 800 years

•in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII declared thatthe following October 4th should beOctober 15th

•he also provided that leap years shouldbe skipped in centesimal years, exceptwhen they are divisible by 4

•thus, there were no leap years in 1700, 1800,1900, but there was one in 2000

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Mathematics

http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-mayan.html

http://www.usu.edu/anthro/origins_of_writing/mayan_calendar/

http://www.calendariomaya.com/calendar.htm

http://mayacalendar.com/estela.html

http://mayacalendar.com/estela.html

http://www.halfmoon.org/calendar.html

Duluth Herald TribuneSaturday, February 1, 2003, p. 2A

http://www.earthmatrix.com/serie02/cuad02-1.htm

http://www2.truman.edu/%7Emarc/webpages/nativesp99/aztecs/aztec_template.html

http://www.halfmoon.org/names.html

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