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Maya astronomy is the study of the Moon, planets, Milky Way, Sun, and astronomical phenomena by the Precolumbian Maya Civilization of Mesoamerica.
The Classic Maya in particular developed some of the most accurate pre-telescope astronomy in the world, aided by their fully developed writing system and their positional numeral system, both of which are fully indigenous to Mesoamerica. The Classic Maya understood many astronomical phenomena: for example, their estimate of the length of the synodic month was more accurate than Ptolemy's,[1] and their calculation of the length of the tropical solar year was more accurate than that of the Spanish when the latter first arrived.[2] Many temples from the Maya architecture have features oriented to celestial events.
^"Mayan Astronomy". University of Arizona. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^Leon-Portilla, Miguel (1 September 1990). Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806123080. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
Mayaastronomy is the study of the Moon, planets, Milky Way, Sun, and astronomical phenomena by the Precolumbian Maya Civilization of Mesoamerica. The...
outlook he was far closer to a Maya priest astronomer than is an astronomer of our century. — J. Eric S. Thompson, MayaAstronomy: Philosophical Transactions...
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Both astronomy and an intricate numerological scheme for the measurement of time were vitally important components of Maya religion. The Maya believed...
Maya codices (sg.: codex) are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark paper. The...
the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (1st ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 98. ISBN 0292752253. McLeod, Alexus (2016). Astronomy in the...
Babylonians, Greeks, Indians, Chinese, Maya, and many ancient indigenous peoples of the Americas. In the past, astronomy included disciplines as diverse as...
Leiden University (2010; online). Susan Milbrath, Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars. Austin: University of Texas Press...
Mathematical Astronomy Morsels. Richmond, VA: Willmann-Bell. ISBN 978-0-943396-51-4. OCLC 36126686. Milbrath, Susan (1999). Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in...
The traditional Maya or Mayan religion of the extant Maya peoples of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and the Tabasco, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Campeche...
Milbrath, Susan (1999). Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars. The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. Austin:...
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Correlation Question". The Real Maya Prophecies: Astronomy in the Inscriptions and Codices. MayaAstronomy. Archived from the original on 2009-05-23. Retrieved...
Noble. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7607-8164-7. Susan Milbrath, Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars, University of Texas Press, 01/01/2010...
Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs, is historically the native writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican...
Milbrath, Susan (1999). Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars. The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. Austin:...
2307/595428. JSTOR 595428. Susan Milbrath, "Just How Precise is MayaAstronomy?", Institute of Maya Studies newsletter, December 2007. Tompkins, 1971 Rice, Michael...
the sky: The Maya creation myth and the Milky Way". The Real Maya Prophecies: Astronomy in the Inscriptions and Codices. MayaAstronomy. Archived from...
The Maya (/ˈmaɪə/) are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group...
Milbrath, Susan (1999). Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars. The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. Austin:...
archaeology, the classic Maya collapse is the decline of the Classic Maya civilization and the abandonment of Maya cities in the southern Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica...
the sky: The Maya creation myth and the Milky Way". The Real Maya Prophecies: Astronomy in the Inscriptions and Codices. MayaAstronomy. Archived from...
The Mayan architecture of the Maya civilization spans across several thousands of years, several eras of political change, and architectural innovation...
symbols. Astrological symbols Alchemical symbols Maya calendar for the logograms used in Mayaastronomy Solar symbol Zodiac This symbol has been reinterpretated...
ISBN 978-1-4020-8318-1. Milbrath, Susan (1999). Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars. Austin, Texas: University of Texas...
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