The astronomy and star lore of the Maya Codices.
A review of prehispanic astronomic knowledge: numeration, calendars, dates, stelae, codices and architecture. Extensive bibliography
Pictorial account of the expedition to photograph the southernmost rise of Venus (which occurs once every eight years) from the ancient Maya city in western Yucatan.
Dating the eclipse table of the Dresden Codex, with solution of the correlation problem. Technical.
Overview of the evidence for Mayan astronomy.
Contains study of Maya mathematics, geographical orientation, writing, calendar, and Maya-related links.
The BBC report on a theory that Mayan astronomy may have been inspired by fluctations in the brightness of the sun.
An explanation of the long count, the tzolkin-haab and the relation between the Maya Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar.
An introduction to the Mayan Calendar.
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