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Cycles of the sun, mysteries of the moon : the calendar in Mesoamerican civilization / Vincent H. Malmström

by Vincent Herschel Malmström

This study explores the origins of the Mesoamerican 260-day calendar, proposing it was developed by the Zoque people at the ceremonial centre of Izapa in the fourteenth century BC before diffusing to the Olmec, Maya, and other regional civilisations.

Accession 584 ISBN 0292751974 Publisher University of Texas Press
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